The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-29

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turiied states evidence, and on the
Witness-stand gave a circumstantia
account OF the theft of the bonds.
I Professor Virgins, so far from being
cast down, claims that his predictions
relative to the weather from the 9th &c
the 18th of March have been literally
fulfilled, and alleges that the so-called
tidal wave at Halifax. Saturday, was
the highest ever known.
A new telegraph company has been
formed in New ! ork, the projectors oil
which profess All intention of building
a line from the city of New York
through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana.
and Illinois, to Chicago. The CAPITAL
stock IS So, $50.
Judge David Davis was married
Wednesday, at Fayetteville, North
Carolina, to Miss Addie Burr. The af-
far Was marked by elegant simplicity.
The bridal couple soon after the cere-
mony set forth on u tour north and
west
New \ ork merchants who are dis
satisfied with the new tariff are broach-
ing the theory that the senate trans
cended its functions in originating
| the bill. which is therefore null and
| VOID. There is talk of testing the ques-
ton III court.
Manuel Pinheiro, one OF the princi-
pal Tubiler-dealcrs of Para and promi-
| nently identified with the recent corner
III the rubber margin, has committed
suicide IN consequence Of the diSrup-
ton OF the corner, by which he lost
| heavily.
| Mr.. Parnell's bill amending the Irish
| land act was rejected ON second read
ing in the British house of commons.
250 To 81. lhe TrIsn party predlct that
| the only effect Will be to strengthen the
cause OF Ireland at home and i'll Amer
| lea.
a continuance has been granted in
| the case of Nermillion, accused of COM
! plicity i'll the outrage upon Miss Emma
i Bond, III Christian county, Illinois, and
] his bail has been reduced from s., 500 to
81 900. Miss Bond is steadily improv-
ing, and will be able to appear in court
when the case comes up for trial
Spanish citizens residing at Havana
| have been awarded by the supreme
| court of the United States a verdict of
/ $65, 0C0 and 6 per cent. interest from
| June, 1863, for the seizure and detention
as prize, at Port Royal, by Gen. Sher-
man, OF the steamer NueStra Sonora de
Regla.
BY an explosion OF dynamite in
Dead Mans Hollow, near Mckees-
port, Pennsylvania, one man WAS killed
outright and three others received in
JUIlCN ttiAG may I'iofE Adbfkis iiC SiCSI-
dent was caused by an attempt to thaW
out some frozen dynamite by the heat
of a stove.
Ex-Secretary Blaine expresses indig-
nation that Washington paper should
have published an unfounded state
ment that an attempt was recently
made to aSSaSSinate him while riding in
a carriage at the capital. Mr.. Blaine
appears to believe the story was III some
intended To inIIll.a him nnrS0nalIV
Rare persistency in suicidal intent
was exhibited by George COokson. a
cOachman, at Evanston, Illinois, who
shot himself five times with small re-
vOlver, and, finding that means of self
destruction tedious, completed the job
by hanging himself III his employers
barn.
Governor Butler, of Massachusetts,,
appeared i'll court at Boston, Saturday
as counsel III criminal case.-the
WeStfield distillery suit,-and made an
argument for the defense. The occur
renee creates the greateSs sorrow i'll
Beacon hill that the gubernatOrial of
flee should be so disgraced.
Mrs. Lucinda Forman, aged 80, and
her maiden daughter, aged 81, who lived
together near RoyaltOn, Indiana. were
found murdered OH their premises Fri
day evening. No cleW has yet been OBJ |
tanned to the perpetrators of the deed,
whose motive Is supposed to have been
robbery.
The discovery has been made that a
blacksmith who recently sold out his |
business at TOnganOXie, LeaVenWOrth |
county, Kansas, and removed from the |
place. had been for some time conduct |
ing the business of graVe-rODbery, Oc- |
casionally turning his attention to the |
articulation and sale of skeletons.
Much sickness prevails in the terri |
tory south of Evansville, Indiana, mum |
dated by the recent overflow of tho |
Ohio river, the prevailing diseases be- |
ing typhoid fever and dysentery. Many |
families are in extreme restitution, |
having lost their substance by the |
floods.
Three of the Arkansas train-robbers |
are i'll hiding in a rugged, timbered sec |
ton near the village of Goshen, and it |
is feared that their capture will involve |
more bloodshed. Mcdonald, the mema |
Der of the gang who was wounded and |
captured, offers to become states evil |
dence.
The decree prohibiting the importa |
tion of American hog products into |
Germany has been gaZetted, and goes |
into effect i'll thirty days. While the |
government claims that the measure is |
n sanitary one, the IIDerafS uecIare JnaJ |
it is arbitrary protectionsm, pure and |
simple.
Simon =. Paige, of Davenport, Iowa, |
killed himself Sunday while his family |
were at church Troubles growing ont |
of the death of his first wife through a |
fire in IL hotel at Oshkosh where they |
were stopping, in 1881, are supposed to |
have prompted his actions. lie was
very wealthy.
The breach between the railroads and |
the Chicago board of trade has been |
Wtlened by the boards emphatic re- |
fueal to open negotiations for a com |
promise Of the differences relative to |
the arbitration of disputes between |
shippers and carriers. The board of |
trade alleges bad faith on the part of |
the railroads.
Mr. Cook. of Iowa, who successfully |
contested the seat of MIR. Cults i'll the |
fOrty-SeYenth congress, now finds he has |
created q doubt as to his right to the |
pay as congressman by holding the Of |
flee of Judge during IA portion OF the |
term for which he was elected to con-
gress.
The annual report of the secretary of |
the Chicago board OF trade shows that, |
while the amount of grain. and live
stock handled last year was somewhat |
less than in 1881, the transactions rep |
resented mora money. The decrease in |
quantity is shown to have been entirely |
due to the shortage of last years crops. |
Ten acres in the Yellowstone Nation |
al park have been leased by the secre- |
tary of the interior, in seven tracts Of |
from one to two acres each, so located |
as to command the hotel and privileges |
in the vicinity of all the most attractive |