The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-12-04
NEWS IN Brief.

Congressman Clardy, of Missouri, is
detained at home by lin. IS.
julius Payer, the Austrian Arctic ex-
PtoTc;,, is daa!, aged Al.
James Boyd shot and killed his son
Alfred, at CummingsviIIe, OHIO -->-.-
The GROWING of the car piled
Sl5, 900, 0O0 on the Russian national debt
General Prior has been invited to n
public dinner by the Lo..l Mayor of Dublin
The French chamber of deputies has
AGREED to ali the estimates of Tirard, minister
Of finance.
Charles w Kennedy. lieutenant COM
mandaat, g. $. n, died suddenly Saturday
last at Las Vegas n. NJ,
The mayor of New York has ap-
pointed IL commission to consider the intro.
ductiou Of the cable-car system.
Miss II. L. Van Allen, the only
was buried ut Jersey City heights.
John H Sanhorn, brother-in-law of
Judge Craig, of the Illinois supreme court,
died suddenly Saturday at Abingdon, Ill.
The Orange lodges throughout Ire
land continue to pass resolutions strongly
condemnmg the suspension of Lord Ross
more.
A. J. Wilson, alias Harry Layton, the
accomplica of Polk Wells in the Riverton
iowa bank robbery in 1881, has been cap.
tured at Ord, Neb
The California Fruit Growers asso-
citation has adopted resolutions recommend
ing the teaching of economic entomology in
the public schools.
Commissioner Albright, of Cook
county, Illinois, has sued The Chicago Jour
nal for So, 900 for connecting his name with
that of Theresa Sturlata
Another Chinese gunboat has been
launched at Stettin The legation at Berlin
are contracting for and shipping vast guam
titles of war material to China
1t Clinton, H., few days ago, Mrs
William Bah gave birth to twins, who have
six fully developed fingers on each hand
The children are perfectly healthy.
Owing to oyerproduction the twenty
nine mills Of the Consolidated Paper com
pany, scattered throughout Illinois, Ohio
Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana, have shu
down.
Gov. Grant, of Colorado, has par
| doned two convicts in the state prison be
cause of their good conduct in nursing &
follow prisoner while he was sick with small,
| pox.
During the week ending Saturday
Dec. l. the eastern roals carried 81, 492 ton,
of flour, grain and provisions from Chicay e
| to the east, against 1904 tons during thu
previous week. an increase of 12,4lS tons.
An agreement has been signed by the
| managers of the Rock Island, St Paul, AMI
| Union Pacific roads for tile purpose of fight
ing the Burlington and Northwestern roads
and breaking the Iowa ana Colorado pools.
Since the beginning of the glass
| blowers strike three months ago at Pittsburg
| Pa, over 100, 600 boxes of glass have beeI
imported to that city. There are no indica
lions of a settlement between the workmei
and the manufacturers.
The mechanical department of thu
Excelsior manufacturing cOmpany's work
| at st Louis, better known as Filleys stow
| foundry, has c'oe71 Iowa Tor an indefinit,
period. Dull trad, ttEa only reason as
signed for the Suspension.
The expected arrival OF There's
/ Sturlata, who killed Charley Stiles, caused
great crowd to gather in the depot at Balti
more Saturday afternoon. the demi-mond
| being out in fall force. Madame Fay has
| made preparations for the event, but all wef
| disappointed. Theresl's brother says ne wi
do his utmost to reform his sister.