The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-10-29
THE NEWS IN GRIEF.
Germany and seryiia are both fOrtity-
me their fs,.nfiars4


Germany and seryia are both fortify-
ing their frontiers.
A New York horse car was run into by
u railway train and several people injured.
Alexander MITCHELL the Milwaukee
millionaire. was given a hearty welcome at
that city on his return from Europe.
There were $780,, $50 money orders
issued during the year ended June ~ 1855.
The value of domestic orders was sll7,A4,-
PSI.
W. L. Orr, of Carrollton, was chosen
grand high priest of the Illinois Royal Arch
Masons, and ]. A. Ladd, of Sterling, grand
scribe
G. E. Kuhn, an Atlanta painter and
paper hanger, went to Virginia to get mar
red, but instead, on his wedding day, cut MS
throat
The Orleanists of France are very
active, and it is reported that they have
raised fund of LOG, 900, 900 francs for cam
paign purposes.
At the New York horse show, which
has closed, the best jump was made by q
chestnut horse called Marksman, which
AcoSiACu q VI Ola AcOO'
The manager of the Standard theatre,
Philadelphia, came before the curtain and
publicly denounced Philip Hawley, variety
actor, as drunkard and stick"
II having been asserted that the pope
would decline the Paulteon, pagan temple
if a statue of Victor Emanuel, was placed in
it, the report is denied by Roman papers
The Firit National bank, of Cimcor-
dia, Kan the Marshall National bank, Of
Unienville, Mo-, and the Quarryville Ma
tional bank of PENN, bave been authorized
| to begin business.
DIR. A. J. Leitch. of Mineral Ridge,
Ohio dipped lighted newspaper in an I'M
! finished oil well and caused an explosion
which fatally injured himself and wounded
several others.
The body of handsome woman.
about 25 years old, has been found in a
stream at Saugatuek, Conn. 1t is thought to
| be a case of murder, and as it stands now
looks like another mystery.
DeLesseps delivered lecture before
| the Paris ACADEMIES, in which he took the
ground that all ocean thoroughfares must not
be subject to the licessitudes of international
politics, but be freely open at all times
There was some unpleasantness in the
United States court at Trenton, N. j., where
the case of Densmore VS.. the Jersey Central
railroad is in progress. Conkling in an IN
dertone remarked that q witness was a scoun-
drel, and Gowen called Conkling black
! guard
The 'longshoremen who are on a
strike at Oswego, N. Y, have resolved to in
sist not only that the Canadians employed
shall be discharged, but that the company
pay them the strikers for loss of time. The
company says it viii concede nothing, and
will move its business elsewhere if trouble
| ensues
The commissioner of Indian affairs
in his report to the secretary of the interior
says the condition of the Indians is Improving
He recommends that Indians be allowed to
make homestead entries without payment Of
the regular fees; that law. be passed fol
the punishment of persons who furnish In
dams with arms; that intoxicating liquors bt
| prohibited on Indian reservations; that ade
quate laws be passed and enforced to keeI
white intruders off Indian lands; liberal ap
preparation for Indian police; the payment Of
moneys due the Indians from the government
without the Intervention of claim agents
which Intervention he denounces in strong
language, and the placing of the Indians il
exactly the same position with regard to tht
courts as other people occupy.