The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

The French are promising some war
news from Anam soon
Mrs. Gen. Stager, wife of Gen. An
son Stager, of Chicago is dead.
The French government will oppose
the demand of the Radicals for the expulsion
from France of the Orleans prince.
Mary Anderson has banquettei with
the prince and princess of Wales, been com.
plimented by her host and is now the London
rage.
At fight on Sunday near McBlan
church, Burke county, Ga, Thomas B. SymI
and his two sons, Frank and Tom, were shot
to death.
Robert Bates, standing in circus
tent at Nashville with a child in his arms,
was shot dead by James Briefly; an old fend.
Briefly was arrested
The Episcopal general convention
has passed resolution that wardens must be
communicates and veStrymen committed to
the church's doctrine and government
A passenger train went through
bridge near Fort Edward. N. Y, and killed
three and wounded twenty persons. Every
person on the train was injured except thu
| newsboy.
A fire at Annapolis, Md, was permit
| ted to spread and cremate two persons and
destroyed $70,0e0 worth of property because
there was but one fire engine in the city-a
hand engine-and it would not " ork
John Edwin Palmer, of Pittsburg,
expert telegrapher, had young lady pupil,
whom lie loved so well, and she him, that he
deserted his wife and children, writing her
that she could take care of herself, and leav
ing her power of attorney and his house
and contents.
Meetings of colored people wore held
at Washington City and other places to dis
cuss the recent supreme court decision Two
opinions were expressed one that the decis-
ion had no interest to the colored people and
the other that it was a backset. Douglass
and Bob Ingersoll took the latter view.
Capt. Mayne Reid, the traveller, sol
der and author, is dead. He Travelled in
Mexico and the United States, fought in the
! United States army in the Mexican war and
was wounded and wrote over forty books
mostly fiction. He was dependent, during
the latter part of his life, upon pension re-
ceived from the United Statet.
The New York produce exchange
committee which has been considering the
/ feasibility of line of telegraph between that
city and Chicago for the exclusive use of the
exchanges, report in favor of purchasing the
lines Of the New York, Chicago & st. Louis
Railway company, and the New York, Lake
Shore & Buffalo Railway company for
81, 600, 900 in bonds with G per cent interest
Abbey, the opera manager, opened
his new Metropolitan opera house in New
York with great audience composed of the
beauty and fashion of the metropolis; and at
the same time Mapleson opened at the
Academy of Music with a similar audience.
The cast at both houses included the best mu-
steal talent in the world. At the Metropoli-
tan "Faust" was given with Nilsson, Scalchi
and Campanini in the principal roles; and at
the Academy Gerster was the attraction,
aided by the new tenor Vinci, and the new
bass Cherubini.
The duke and duchess of Edinburg
recently caused commotion in court circles
by abruptly leaving a ball given in their
honor by t.ie ,4..--s u. ..ixe-Cobourg-G otha.
The cause of it all was that among the guests
invited by the duke of Saxe-Cobourg were
two court officials, one OF whose wives had
been an actress and the other was divorced
woman The duke of Edinburg demanded
the emission of these two and his host not
deeming the cause sufficient, demurred. Upon
INSTANCE however, he prohibited the attend
ance of any Of the court officials, and when
their highness heard of this they sailed out.