The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-06
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,


st. Paul is to have the Northern Pacific
railway shops.
The population Of the United States is
now 81 ,000, 600
William 7. Shaw, of Pittsburg, Pa. is
reported to be worth $25,000,000
For the week the imports of dry goods
at New York amounted to s., 600
Hans Makart, the artist, died Friday at
Vienna from inflammation of the brain
Daniel Ort shot at his mistress, Emma
Starch, in New York, but missed his aim,
and then killed himself
Ensilage is proving big success as feed
for stock, and farmers are giving it atten-
ton in many parts of the country.
William Halls family five persons, re-
siding at Cameron, Mo-, ate canned corned-
beef and are dying of poisoning.
The Chicopee Falls Mass mills will,
until further orders, be run only nine hours
per day for five days in the week
An English firm has begun the manu-
factne of casks and barrels of steel They
are lighter than wood and more durable.
In cighty-six days of license at Des
MONIES there were 276 arrests for all of
lenses; in eighty-six days of prohibition, 263
arrests.
A certain Des Moines woman begs for
her blind husband. Her husband remains at
home and puts in his time reading the news
papers,
League ball game Friday: Chicago IS,
New York 5; Boston Z. Cleveland &; Phila-
delphia S. Detroit A. Buffalo II, Provi-
1ence .
In one Of the mountain counties of Ken
lucky woman has held the office of justice
| of the peace without legal authority for the
| last ten years.
Capitalists interested will reorganize
| the Toledo, Cincinnati & ST. Louis railroad,
make it standard guage, and place it under
| frst-clas' management.
John d. Young, managing editor of The
| San Francisco Chronicle, was married last
Saturday to Georgiana NJ Simon, sister of
| Capt A. NJ. Brown, U. $. A..
A balcony, filled with people, collapsed
| Friday at an agricultural show at Almonte,
| Ont. stampede resulted ard several per-
| sons were injured, a few fatally.
| The arrivals of wheat at Duluth are
from 100, 600 to 10000 bushels daily The
| shipments last week by Lake Ia Buffalo and
Montreal amounted TO l,000, 3ej bushels
| A Pittsburg dealer says t..cre is enough
lumber now stacked up in the country to sup
| ply the trade for from three to six years, and
yet no attempt is made to check production.
| Flasher Il McEachern, grocers at Eau
Claire Wis, failed for $,25, 600 The prin-
| cipal creditors are Gray, Burt & Kingman,
of Chicago. The assets are said to reach
| $4,000
The hottest night on record for that
section was experienced Thursday night al
st. Paul, Mimi, the Thermometer registering
1 50 at II O'clock The air was sitting and
| people feared that disaster of some kind
| was imminent.
A boy named Stcvey PCro died at Fitch
burg, Mass, from the effects of being hit il
the head by an apple thrown by another boy
two weeks before. He had been confined t.
his bed ever since, and was delirious during
the last ten days.
| For ten days past cattle have been dying
rapidly of an unknown malady in Belmont
stock fed on sorghum blades were affected
farmers being compelled to use this article
for fodder, a drought ha4ing killed all tn,
grass, and corn not being ready for use.
| The dead bodies of Harry Percival
wife, and child, and Hugh MAR, an employe
were found Friday morning on their farm
near Fullerton, Neb., the premises having
been despoiled of valuabloS. Who the plum
derers are is unknown. Ptrcivars remain
were found outside the house, and had beel
mutilated BY hogs,
Ri Rev Bishop Dwenger, Rt. Rev
Mgr. Benoit, vicar general, and sevent,
priests of the diocese of Fort Wayne, Ind
, are now at the University of Notre Dame
following the spiritual exercises of a dio
,esan retreat. For ten days the bishop ant
his priests will preserve actual silence. AM
devote their time to prayer and meditation