The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Chinese are being Struggled into the
United States from British Columbia.
The Queen of England received Ms.
Giadstone recently for the first time in many
years
Plttsburg advices say that the iron
trade is picking up decidedly, and boom is
State Auditor Rice, of Indiana, says
the Republican presidential slate will be
Arthur and Porter.
The largest steamer built on the Mer-
sey, having accommodations for l $50 pas
sengers, was launched at Liverpool
Charles Ford, the murderer of Jesse
James, who was arrested at Kansas City for
completely in the Blue Cut robbery, has been
set at liberty
A railway train at Erie, Pa, cut
OFT the head Of man named Seer who was
asleep on the track, as smoothly as if it
bad been done with an axe.
The Shaw Bros. failure in Boston,
Mass, is not expected to precipitate any more
disasters and it is not believed that their
losses viii cripple any Of the creditors.
The Irish Invineibles are making
threats against Lansdowne, and guard will
lie mounted at Ridenor Hall as soon as the
new governor general arrives, and be sup
piled with ball cartridges
A paper published in Russia by stu.
dents has been seized because the following
paragraph appeared in recent issue: THE
car need have no fear of a revolutionary
movement if he will grant political amnesty
and grant to the nation a constitution
John Cree, of New York, has ehal-
lenged Hanlan to produce the six men who
can beat Courtney in a rowing match, and
has put up 81, 800 as forfeit, $3.50 each for the
six races for 81 900 side He also says he
has $1,000 for stake money, and some more
for bets, which says Courtney will win.
Jno. R.. Simmons, justice of the
peace at Deep Greek, near Norfolk Va, after
quarreling with his wife all day suddenly, in
moment of passion, drew pistol and shot
her in the neck. Seeing her fall shrieking To
the floor, and thinking he had killed her, he
placed the weapon to his temple and fired,
killing himself instantly Mrs. Simmons was
mortaily wounded Simmons was a promi-
nent citizen,a knight Templar, and a member
of several benevolent orders
Mr.. Erskine NJ. Phelps, president Of
the Iroquois club Of Chicago, recently returni
ed from New York; says there is little politi-
cal news; that Mr., Tilden Is bright mentally;
that Chicago was conceded to be a good
place for the national Democratic convention,
but he couldn't makea guess at the chances;
that Tilden, Bayard and Mcdonald were most
.,ahrEz
Dental candidates, and that many New Eng.
land manufacturers and business men were
III favor of tariff reduction.
Michael Davitt, the Irish agitator
says Ia letter by cable to the American
press that the landlords now desire to get the
government to buy their lands and sell them
to the peasantry and says that conservative
government will soon come In and pass "a
measure with that end in view This, Mr..
Davitt says, will not end the matter, and that
| after such legislation the Irish social problem
will Still remain unsolved and continue TO de
mand the final remedy of national proprie-
| tary, which an Irish parliament will have to
| apply TO it,
An old resident of the state of Chi
huahua, Mexico, says that if there is that
| feeling OF antagonism to Americans in
Monterey which is reported in the American
newspapers, it is totally unlike the situation
| in such parts of Mexico as he is acquainted
with and he is well posted and well-knoWn
man in that country, having the acquaint-
ance Of many men in official stations, as well
as business men and others He says Amer
leans in Chihuahua are, if anything, re-
.ceived with more favor than other people
| and the same was tue elsewhere so far as he
had observed