The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-24
The News in Brief.

The rebels in tina Soudan are sub.
uniting to the authority of the khedive
The bust of Longfellow in Westmin-
ster abbey will beplaced between the tombs, OF
Chaucer and Dryden.
With slight notifications, the French
| chamber of deputies has adopted the Ameri-
| can postal service regulations
EmlenIHewes, of Wilmington. Del,
dealer in lumber, has failed. with s1O0. 600
liabilities and 81, 600 assets
Bishop McMullen, of the diocese of
Davenport, is sinking and his death is ex-
pected to occur within few days
Fire destroyed the Methodist Epis-
| copai church at st Ansted, province OF Quebec,
which cost 800, 900; insurance, $4,000
The clerks in the internal revenue
bureau at Washington are procuring massive
snVef service to present to Gen. Raum
Lit is thought that the public debt re-
duction for June will not exceed 1000 ooo. and
the legal tenders.
Nate Name. the Milwaukee woman
lawyer has been tried on charge of disorderly
conduct and fined S. the complainant being a
ne Wspaper reporter
An enthusiastic reception was given
stonewan Jacksons old regiment of Virginia
volunteers at Niagara Falls, where they are the
guests OF the Twenty eighth New York regi-
heht at their annual reunion.
At Belmont park, near Philadelphia.
IA, Seattergood's Lizzie NJ, mare without a
pedigree, beat Cunningham's Scotland in a
irotting race, best three out OF five. two-mile
heats IN 1856, 5:03 aud 1885
An electrical inventor at New York
has applied for patent upon a contrivance
for executing criminals without pain and with
o"t disngurement He generously offers to
assign the patent to the government
Lit is asserted that the army poker
club at Washington is the cause of a consider
able trouble among the officers who belong to
H. Col Morrow's sudden downfall is attri
buted to his fondness for Schenck's fascinating
game.
MIchael Cohen, a notorious bank rob |
Der, better known '.Sheeney Mike, " has dis |
closed to the police of Pittsburg, Pa. the plans
of the gang of which he was a member for |
bnrglarizing banks in several OF the nrinafnai |
cities of the union.
President Arthur, accompanied bv
most of the members of his cabinet. left Wash
inston for New York, where he will Witness tho
ceremonies attending the opening of the
Dfookiyn bridge He will not return to Wash
lhgton until after Decoration Day
The Baptist anniversaries have be-
gun at Saratoga,sN Y, with the bible con
yentlon Speakers made some comparisons of
me work OF the Baptist publication society and
the american and foreign bible society, greatly
70 the advantage of the hrst-named concern.
Lest the soil of Tennessee should be
stepped in gore, the chief of police of Memphis
have arrested Gen. James r. Chalmers. of
mississippi, and Col. Galloway, of The Annaal
who were suspected of dueiistie iatsnrflEanas
md they were each pat under 81, 90 bonds fo
deep the peace. "
Elaborate preparations have beenf
made IN brooklyn and New York to celebrate
ne union OF the two cities by the opening az
ne great brooklyn bridge on Thursday Pms
ness WIZ De suspended during the afternoon
= give every one an opportunity to partieInate |
or witness the celebration.