The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

SENATOR sherman is reported to be ons
OF the best whist players in the senate
There is reported to be nearly 80 0oo
0oo barrels of petroleum stored ii tanks II
Pennsylvania. 'a'iAS III
Inc thlrty-second annual state fair q,
Illinois viii open Sept on the grounds /,
occupied last year. -
Non-residents of Texas own ooo ooo
cattle In that state, producing an annual rev.
enue Of Sl0,000,0oO. = ''''- '''
Baltimore's latest tafn-coat is an 11.voer
old mulatto girl who is changing her dnskv
skin for a white one. " '
Inc main building of the New Orleans
exposition will be completed in few DAYS
machinery hall has total length of nearly
two miles. y
Two ladies and negro We're drummed
out OF the Salvation army at New Haven
conn, Tuesday night. The captain said it
was for the good of all parties
A prominent politician" of Springfield
ohio, finding his daughter intoxicated with
wine, whipped her through the streets. using
a cane with unmerciful severity
Postmaster General Fawcett If Grast
Britain, is not satisfied with the present NOS
tai arrangements between the Unitad Sta tes
ana england He proposes to modify them
for the better.
League ball games Thursday were; Chi.
cage II, Buffalo 10; Providence Boston O.
Philadelphia s, New York 9 Providepre
has won the series from Boston by taking five
games in succession.
California fruit-canners Announce that
not more than one-half of as much fruit as
was canned in 1888 will be- canned this wear
Last years canning resulted in loss on ec.
| couht Of overproduction.
John l.. Routt has announced himself
as candidate for the United States senator.
! snip from Colorado, now held by Senator
HUI Ex-senator Chaffee is also candidate
Senator Hill hopes to be reelected.
The Farragut and Pullman clubs will
hold rowing regatta at Lake Geneva, Wis,
Aug z to be followed next day by yacht.
ing contest Summer residents and the
Pishcataqua house proprietors offer prizes.
Buck Lewis, who was the body servant
of President Andrew johnson, and created
a sensation at Washington by revealing
some of the presidents private affairs to hi
enemies, died at Nashville Tenn, last week
While running twelve miles an hour s
locomotive exploded north of Decatur. Ind
fatally scalding one man and seriously burn
ing two others. Twelve cars were burned
and telegraph poles and wires for rods wer,
leveled by the conclusion.
John C. Emo, who lost several million
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street last spring, has decided to make Que
bee his future home, and has opened negotia
lions for the purchase of superb residenc,
there
The once famous Hudson river tunnel
upon which 81, O0O, 600 has been expended
has been abandoned, it would seem, forever
The hole is full of water, and as the ianito
of the dilapldated building which covers tn
entrance said to reporter: I've lost tn
kay
In Maytield township, near Sycamore
Ills, Wednesday afternoon, Louis Taylor,
hired man, shot and killed Florence Mitchell
II years old, and then set fire to her cloth
ing. The murderer went to creek near bv
plunged in, and shot himself through tn
heart. The theory is that he made Improve
! ~ vance, was AoPuIoeu, anu III his rag
killed the girl, and then, fearing Iynching, h
committed suicide
The ProhibitioQists of the Thirteenth
Illinois district nominated George Herring
ton for congress Louis B. Gunoket was nom
mated by the Fourth Ohio district Repubf
cans, but declined, but later intimated tina
he would accept The Ninth Texas distric
Democrats renominatsd R. G. Mills, an,
i'll the Fifth Tennessee district the Demo
Gratis named James D. Richardson. TIT
Tenth Texas district Democrats nomtnate
Joseph D. Savers