The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Patrick Egan, the Irish agitator, is
lectuIing in Iowa.
China will not, it seems, look at mat
ters the same way France does, and war is
imminent.
There is scandal in the court of Spain
The young king is said to be too promiscuous
| In his affections
Jas. W. Sheahan, for many years an
editorial writer ON The Chicago Tribune, is
| dead, after long illness.
G.. A. Sala says the enthusiasm of
the epople at the coronation of the car was
manufactured by the police.
Ed Mulholland, a worthless young
man Of Mango Junction, Ohio, shot and
mortally wounded his mother.
Late reports state that the talk of
| Queen Victoria's abdication is nonsense Her
| disposition to rule is too great to permit Of
such thing
There is report that Conkling has
determined to write book on American pol
itics, as a sort of foil to the forthcoming
| work of Mr.. Blaine
Carlton dam, the largest of its kind
| in the world, across the Ottawa river, Can
ada, has given way, and the water is pouring
through break so feet wide.
/ There is talk of Bonanza Mackey be-
ing so charmed with the brilliancy of Euro
pean society that he will not come back to the
tanner glories of the United States.
Gray's opera house, Boston, burned,
the fire breaking out during performance.
l nd fba1.
was panic, no one was hurt, Loss 500, 900.
| Judge Barnum, of Chicago, denies
the report that he has decided that option
contracts were gambling, and says that the
case alluded to had nothing to do with that
question.
S. W. Dorsey is preparing, so it If
said in Washington to open war on some
prominent Republicans He has opened hos
tilities on Logan, whom he charaeterizes as al
''ambitious hypocrite"
William Fl. Vanderbilt says he has NJ
doubt Maud S and Aldine can make a mill
in 2:13. He also says he can make up th'
three fastest teams in the world with Maud
Aldne and Early Rose.
, The ships advertised for sale by tn,
naval secretary cost the government $40, 600,
000, and most have been built since the las
! year of the war Of the rebellion. The abov
, | cast does not include machinery or repairs.
Judah p Benjamin, the America
English lawyeris troubled vita heart disease
; Preparations are making for a dinner in Lon
: don in his honor, and it is feared the excite
l ment of the occasion may he too much 70
him
It is reported that Gov. Butler ha
u determined to remove a woman member c
the board of health, etc, of Massachusetts
because she has successfully contested som
| of the statements which the governor ha
t made with reference TO the state charitabl
c Institutions
The published plan of revenue dis
/. trict consolidation is causing deal of worr
: in states which contribute largely to the il
= ternal revenue, because some of them 10;
more collectors than other states which col
I tribute comparatively small sum to th
government finances.
IS There have been severe rain, win
and lightning in numerous parts'o the coul
try. Kansas City reports severe storm du
N ing which J. W. Darrow, prominent raj
& way man, was killed by lightning. Nebrask
A Illinois, Pennsylvania aud Canada all repo
had weather In soms places serious damas
has been done to crops, and loss of life is 7
ported from others; the latter has be,
small, however Railroad communicate
d has been seriously interfered with, and
some instances cut off entirely Much liv
stock has been lost, and many bridges swe
| away