The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-31
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A Delaware baker has been indicted for
selling bread 81 Sui.aas
There are 800 pieces in the $15, 900 china
set used at the White House
A Baltimore girl has become insane be.
cause she could not lie a man.
A new and dangerous counterfeit silver
dollar is in circulation in Georgia.
Rodemeyer, of The Bethel, Conn, Vel.
low Spasm, has bet his mustache on Cleve-
lands election
The first Of series of meetings in be-
half Of the T'ichborne claimant was held in
London Wednesday evening.
Tie American Duroc-J Jersey Swine asso-
citation is called to meet at the Grand Pacific,
Chicago, the evening Of Nov 10.
A DuXbury, Mass, woman, rs years
old, climbed tree the other day to escape
from some horses that frightened her
A corrected statement of. the affairs of
HARDWOOD Bros. & Co, Of Bloomington, H.,
shows $4,000 liabilities and $50, 600 assets
The potato crop of the two eastern shore
counties of Virginia is estimated at 100000
les than last year on account of the drought.
A couple in Oxford. Miss, recently mar
ried ON 4 months probation, and at the end
Of that time dissolved by consent of all con
cemed.
Miss Josephine il. Hand and Lieut..
Alexander Sharp, U. S n, nephew of Gen.
Grant, were welded Wednesday evening at
Yankton, d. T.
Rrmors hove roocbal cofo,, that n
severe type Of cholera is spreading through
the French squadron under Admiral Courbet,
now bloekading Formosa.
An assignment was made Wednesday by
II. Lyon * Son, dry goods furnishings, and
notions, at St Louis, the liabilities amount
ing TO $4,000, with assets reported at $50
600
Many of the thirty national banks in
New York city Will, if is believed ON the ex.
piration of their charters. wind up then
business. Banking has been so overdone III
the metropolis that it has ceased to be
profitable.
Aunt" Becky Young, of Dcs Moines,
who followed the fortunes OF the One Hun
dred and Ninth New York regiment during
the war; win probably receive the appoint
ment of matron Of the new Soldiers home OF
Leavenworth, Kan.
The official vote of Arkansas on the
license question stands %, So for the measure
and $3.50 against it. Six e.n .ties-Ashley
Columbia, Franklin, johnson, Logan and
Pope-gave majoritieS a.5il -, license Two
years ago the number t.us voting was
twelve
Three masked men bound James Grain
in his house, near Eroukst3n Ind, and NAL
treated linn wicn he refused 10 diSclose<vherc
his money was concealed. They found $iU0
but s., 900 hidden in a secret place, escaped
their clutches If caught the robbers will be
| lynched
At church dedication Inst Sunday ir
Parkesvilie, $. C., negroes, it is said, dis
turbed tie ceremonies 10y firing pistols Bad
blood was engcniered. and when an Officer
attempted to make arrests wednesday he
was shot dead by negroS who were barri
caded in house. An outbreak between thC
whites and black is imminent
Ellen Ashmorc, OF Bridrewatcr, Pa,
lost her Voice through scarlet fever, and
spoke in a whisper for twelve years. She i.
now a prosperous miliner in Ohio, and some
of her rebellious employees were the Other
day surprised to hear her cSclaim in louJ
voice, "Oh, d-n these girls" Since then he:
voice has been perfectly natural