The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-06
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

Elan, the wounded Virginia dnelist
is expected to be out soon.
A New York court has decided that
a bequest of money for masses is void.
Judge Kelley, of Pennsylvania writes
from Europe saying that he is eoavalescing
rapidly.
A son Of President Tyler has been de-
tected trying to pay his hetel bill with
fraudulent check.
It is now thought that $50 people
perished in the disaster to the steamer
Daphue at Glasgow, Scotland.
Bishop John Mullen, Of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Davenport, Iowa, is dead,
after anillness of more than year.
A young ST. Louis man named Web
Der, elooed with ms stes,-1loy..er, bat thh
>a9tAer pursued TIE couple and recovered ais
wife.
Y4ahop Pincknev, Of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Maryland, died suddenly,
having been in his usual health up to the
hour Of his death.
A Jersey COW, owned by Watts &
Seth, of Baltimore, yielded in seven days 337
pounds of milk from which was produced
25 pounds anu , li-l2 ounces of butter.
Congressman Murch now charges
fraud in TIE selection and purchase Of q site
for a public building at Denver, ami Super
vising Architect Hi viii be forced toezplaia,
In the attempt at Nashville to try
Marsh T. Polk, the defaulting treasurer of
Tennessee, Judge Allen discharged seven
| jurors already secured, and will commence
anew.
A correspondent warns the president
makers that those who leave Arthur off their
| calculations are making a mistake. The
president is said to be gaining steadily in the
confidence of his party.
The conyicts at work in a stove foun-
dry in the Oregon state prison, made des-
| perate attempt to escape and in spite of the
efforts of the officers eight are at large. Three
convicts were killed and three wounded.
It is reported that masked mob shot
and killed two of the county commissioners of
| Grand county, Colorado and mortally
wounded the other two The county clerk
was also shot, but it is not stated how badly.
| The observance of the nations birth
| day was general all over the country, public
OF formal celebrations being the exception
Reports generally show a quiet time with
the usual amount of casualty from the care
less Use of gunpowder and firearms
Mr. Trevelyan, chief secretary fol
Ireland, viii be asked in the house Of com
MONS by an Irish member, whether or MOI
the deportation of paupers to the United
States win be stopped, and what particular
fund will be used i'll returning the emigrants
to their respective workhouses.
1t is reported that Lotta, the actress
has managed to come back from England
get married in Washington to o. w. Huss
and then return to England without beinf
detected. At any rate Charlotte Crabtrer
and Mr. Huss were married recently in tn
capital city, and no such lady is known a
living there.
The members of the Iroquois club
of Chicago, have returned from New York
whittier they went 10 look after the prospect
for having the National Democratic con ven
ton held in that city One gentleman bein
interviewed, reports that Tilden is well; tina
his voice is full and strong and his carriag
erect, and that the talk of his feebleness Is a
rubbish. He also says that Hewitt is a car
didate for the Democratic nomination 70
president, and thinks McDonald's chance
the object of the trip east the geRtlema
could say nothing definite, but thought Ch
cago's chances were good.