The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-11
The News in Brief.

Fire scorched walls fell at New
Haven, Conn. crushing nine firemen, two ia
tally
At LYnchburg, Va, Charles E- Mon
roe has boen arrested for fatally poisoning has
mother and brother
Judge Moran has granted an iniunc-
ton restraining any further occupation of the
lake front at Chicago
John Dalton has been arrested at
Boston for robbiag residences which he en-
tered disguised as priest
The New York Alderman, Lane, re-
fused to confirm the denomination of Prof.
Chandler for member of the Board of Health
Bismarcks beliefs in dissolution of
the reichstag as punishment of refractory
members, are thought at Berlin to be weaken
ing.
DR. Meyer, the alleged poisoner at
Chicago, has disappeared, and, it is reported,
beeause the situation was growing too hot for
him.
The Tennessee state law making
gambling a felony has gone into effect, and all
the gaming houses in Memphis closed their
doors
While returning from a picnic, given
by the Young Mems Catholic Union, of Column
bia Ga, Herschel Lyon, who was drunk, dan
ousiy shot two men,
Robbins & Colvin's circus was blown
down by a hurricane at Freeport III Wild
confusion prevailed among the small audience
present, but all escaped without injury.
Notwithstanding protests from foreign
consular representatives, the Ecuadorian gov
eminent rified the safes in the bank of Ecuador
at Guayaquil of S3s5o, 0o0. The rebels are rap
idly nearing the city.
Some of the Dakota Legislators have
been indicted for crooked work in connection
with the capital removal bill Four legislators
sWOfe before the grand jury that they were
offered money for their votes.
The pope has released from her vows
the nun in the Hochelfga convent, Montreal,
whose alleged illegal detention caused u SEN
satlon a few weeks since, and the young wo-
man has returned to her family.
-Four thousand Chinese or Annamese
troops attacked Honoi, the Capital of Tonquin,
March 20, but were repulsed by the French.
France is determined to establish herself at
Tonquin, AID asks the king of AMMAN TO recoS-
nize her protectorate over his dominions.
George Gavin, secretary of the st.
Louis police commissioners, but recently re-
moved has been found to be a defaulter, and
since the matter has become public has disap-
peared, and is supposed To have committed
suicide.
During storm at Dubuque, the
steamer Bon Hershey was blown on to sand
bar, and two barges were carried out into the
river A house WIS wrecked in Walnut street
collars were flooded, windows smashed, and
telegraph wires broken
The Florida Ship Canal company has
been organized at Washington by the election
OF Ex-Governor Brown, of Tennessee, presi-
dent and the Hon. William Window vice .presi-
dent 1t is estimated that the canal will Cost
$50 900, 900, and will be completed in three
years
The president has designated John
]. Knox, comptroller of the currency, to act
as commissioner of internal revenue for ten
DAYS from the 10th inst The term of Deputy
Commissioner Rogers as citing commissions
has expired. He could not be legally desig
mated to act for longer period
A regular and a switching train on
the New York Elevated Road, near Smiths
Station, came in collision, wrecking the loco
motives, seriously wounding an engineer, ant
badly shaking up the passengers. water
tank burst and the cyllnder-head of one engine
was blown ont, deluging team of ftorsess Oh
the streets below with scaldIng water.
Passengers arriving at Easton, Pa.
say the storm in the Lehigh and Wyoming val
leys was the greatest known. Falling trees
anu ueteSrapH ppleS HAJ INC Cats uAia ~
comotives of trains, which moved slowly nnC
carefully The windows of the coaches had t.
be reinforced to resist the blasts, and in some
cases freight cars were blown from the track
and overturned
indianapolis had $4,000 fire begin
ming in the stove works of Delos & Root. A
sheibyville, Inds BeSgs' distillery burned
s47. 900 loss. A $1,000 fire in the. cottor
waste store of Remck Il Co., Boston Town o.
Forney Texas, burned; $1,000. Manchester
| house Trenton. NJ j.; $4,000 Iightnin.
fired the union depot at Cedar Rapids, Iowa
also fins residence at Aledo, Ill