The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-24
the NEWS IN BRIEF.

Water is % cents per barrel and milk 90
cents per gallon in Lordsburg, N. NJ.
Many of the Chinese in California are
getting rich growing and drying peaches for
the foreign market
In Washington county, Pennsylvania,
drought is causing the death of cattle and
sheep in large numbers
The owner of Maxey Cobb accepts
Cases challenge with Phallas, and is ready
to trot the race at Providence or Hartford.
The Middlesex bleachery, at Somerville,
Mass, was burned The loss is placed at
$1,000 while the insurance is but $4,000.
A fall in ostrich eggs is reported from
Anaheim, Cal Formerly they were worth
1900 a dozen; now they are only worth
81, 600.
The crop of Concord grapes along the
Hudson river will be immense, and many
producers will not know what to do with
their grapes.
There is said to be not a single instance
on record where railroad servants have
stolen tickets from their respective COM
panies and escaped arrest.
A heather Chinee, in Flagstaff, Arizona,
passed off poll-tax receipt on Mexican fol-
$40 bill, liquidated $40 Indebtedness, and
received 81 in change in legal tender.
Newcomb, Buchanan & Co. whisky
dealers at Louisville, made an assignment
Monday, not having been able to pay credi
tors since their failure of two years ago.
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British grain trade, says: "In
the foreign wheat trade there has been q
further decline, and values only nominal
A man without hands was arrested the
other day on the charge of stealing watch,
which, according TO a witness, he extracted
from the victims vest pocket with his teeth.
While escorting home a young woman
from church, at Tailadega, Ala, Abe and
| Chalmer Boswell quarrelled as to whom she
most favored Abe drawing his pistol, shoot
| ing his brother dead and decamping.
In the past week the clearing house ex-
changes were $G62, 779, O5s, being SIS, 81, 622
| greater than the preceding week; but when
compared with the corresponding period in
| 1885 the loss amounts to 26 2 per cent
At La Bonnie, St Anne, p O., the
other day, the preacher, addressing large
body of pilgrims, claimed that since the
month of June last sixty clutches, attesting
as many cures, had been left at the shrine.
Lightning caused fire at Sand Lake,
Mich, Sunday night which destroyed q
dozen business places, the loss being $40, 600
| At Bronson, Mich, two-thirds of the business
section was burned, entailing loss Of
| $40, 600
| A Vermont man and his wife publish
the following card in their local paper: "Ou1
sincere thanks to our brother and sister and
nephew for their kindness in sharing with US
the expense for the burial of our aged
father"
In the past five years certain insttu
tions in st. Louis have spent 81 900, 900 tt
promote the city's interests and attract trade
thither, and most of this money has been ex
pended in buildings and Improvements which
will last for years.
At Chicago Samuel Friedman, jeweler
confessed judgment for more than Sal 900
He had SO disposed of his property as t.
keep the sheriff from making levy. Jaeol
Betersdorf confessed judgment for ovel
$4,000, and one of his large factories wa
closed. Il s. Carter & Co.'S furniture fac
tory was closed by the sheriff. The stock o.
jewelry owned by Henry G. Moorshead wa
levied on by the sheriff, and Moorshead a.
signed.