The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-18
TIE NEWS IN BRleE.

There is much restitution IT, the
track of the last storm in sfissouri.
1t is stated that the dividends on lot
tery company stock is frequently Is high as
10 per cent.
4 special to The New York Times
from Colunlbus,- Ohio, says the state will 60
Republican with hard work l
Storms all over the northwest arc
again reported and much damage 10 build
higs, fences, cattle and crops
The threatened strike of telegraph
operators has had the effect Of depressing
Western Union stock on the New York stock
exchange
At Pana, ILL.,, the authorities employ
detectives to catch saloon keepers who sell
liqnor unlawfully, and the plan is said to be
successful Ht
A stone vault will receive the remains
of Tom Thumb, and the coffin be imbeded
in solid masonry to prevent disturbance b.
grave robbers.
When the president is out in the
woods beyond the reach of telegraph comnau-
pication he will be connected with civiliza-
ton by a line Of carriers making daily trips,
Sixtynine railways in this country
have reported their earnings for 1888, and the
total is sl45, DOS 546 earnings last year, sl33,
$50, $50 Fifty-four show total increase Of
$13, 43o, 495, and fifteen a total decrease OF
s., S2l 900
The new postal notes can be used
the same as money for the purchase of goods
or other purposes, but should be presented
for payment within few months to save
trouble in collecting. They will be ready in
September
The indianapolis correspondent OF
The New York Times intimates quoting tbs
Wabash Cohrier) that Joe Mcdonald stand
nowhere with the Indiana Democracy com
pared to Hendricks. 1t is also asserted that
the 'old ticket is strong in that state
A boiler explosion at Glen's Falls, N
Y, killed two men and wounded nine others
and one woman The boiler was thrown 40(
feet, and the shock was felt a mile away
breaking windows at this distance. The re
mains took fire, and loss of from So, 900 tc
| 800, 900 was soon run up.
A demented Irishman named Raj
| ferty, created sensation in Roman Catholic
church in Cohoes N. Y, by going up to thu
| altar, taking the book out of the priest.
hand and declaring himself superior, ecclesi
astically, to any one except the pope, ana
| equal to the latter. He was arrested.
The annual meeting of the Thirteen
club was recently held in New York. Jus
thirteen sat down to dinner; there were thir
teen items on the menu, and thirteen wine
J on the wine list. The first toast was to Peter
| Cooper, which was drank standing and in 81
lcnce. Subsequently one of the members ex
cused the club for the loss Of member by th'
announcement that the philanthropist WI,
not full member, but only an honorary one
The New York Sun publishes sey era
columns of what purpoIts to be history o
the inside facts of the nominationand election
Of Garfield, his bargains with the New York
stalwarts and Jay Gould his treatment o.
Cankling etc The matter has mostly beer
| printed before, and there is little OF nothins
new, but it is a sort of compilation Of all tina
has been said and written and printed witt
reference to the campaign of 1880, with tn
alleged facts all gtted into their prope
| places as regards time.