The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-07-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The bank Of Leadvi1lc. Col, has as
ngncd
Frost is reported from Crawford
House, White Mountains
The Swiss Confederation is discussing
tate controi ct The railways.
Jack Haverly's Fourteenth Street
heatre in New York has been sold to Samuel
olville
The board of education of the state
IF Texas has decided to invest the school
fund in United States four per cents.
A call has been issued for the re-
mainder of the ~ per cent United States
ponds, which will be paid or refunded at 3
per cent.
There are fears in ST. Louis Of
water famine and all street sprinkling, wash
ne of sidewalks and use Of hand hose has
I,een stopped
Freshets in Grand river, Michigan,
have set in motion 100000, 900 feet of logs,
many thousand feet Of which VIII probably
he totally lost
The marriage of Levy, the cornetist,
with Minnie Conway, the singer has been an
uulled on the ground that Levy already had
one wife, an Englishwoman,
New Jersey Republicans are reported
to he apathetic in view of the coming state
campaign, it being the impression that the
Democrats have a sure thing on governor.
French political circles are excited
by the publication in aParis newspaper of
charges that many of the deputies in the
chamber were brihed to vote in the interests
of the railways
The wheat crop of Minnesota is now
estimated to be fair average, and it is be
| lieved that it will not fall below that Of last
269, sos bushels
California railway commissioners
have decided that the rates per mile OF rail
way fare shall be as follows: On levels and
moderate grades, cents per mile, on heavy
grades, cents per mile.
A new railway is proposed which will
give Chicago another direct line to the Ohio
river The proposed road is te he built from
Paducah, KY, to Altamont, Ill, where it will
connect with the Wabash.
The report of Captain Hener, of the
corps of engineers, on the Mississippi Jet
ties, is to the effect that goo channel has
been maintained all the past year except IL
five days, and that little dredging has beer
required.
The Louisiana Lottery company has
issued notice to correspondents to address al
letters for the company To New Orleans
national bank This is done to circumvenr
the late order of the postmaster general pro
hibiting the company the use of the mails.
Frank Mordaunt, the actor, was
Knocked OUT by Juvenile man. namet
VIM. Golfer, in front of the Morton house
Union square, New York, recently. TIL,
winner of the fight is much the smalar maj
of the two and it is said he battered the 'OlC
Shipmntesn man fearfully
The Chicago Tribune has q specia
from Columbus, Ohio, which says that tn,
Democratic state committee is organized t
defeat Hoadly, the men being picked out b.
the Mclean faction for their lack of thas,
qualities necessary in the prosecution of
successful state campaign.
There is break in the friendly re
lations between Judge Hoadly and Judg
Foraker, who have hitherto been on the bes
of terms personally The trouble com
meneed at the Columbus reunion, where bot
candidates made speeches, and Judge Hoadly
took offense at some remarks made by Fora
ker
A cannon twenty-five feet long ha
recently been built in Reading, Pa. 1t i
called the g multicharge gun. Its feature
that only eighteen pounds of powder are pu
in the breech to fire a projectile of 100 TO Is
pounds, other charges being ignited cor
tinuously along the barrel, the charges beinI
contained in pockets along the lower sid
of the bore. 1t is claimed that by this mean
the projectile will be driven twelve or fiftee
milas. 1t is also claimed that the shot wi
| DO driven through solid piece of iro
J twenty-four inches thick. 1t will be teste
, soon by United States officers.