The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Seven frame buildings at Sparta
Wis, occupied by retail dealers, baraed

Seven frame buildings at Sparta.
Wis, occupied by retail dealers, baraed.
After strike of seven months dura-
ton, all the Pittsburg glass factories have re-
summed work
Miss Susan Fenimore Cooper, daugh-
ter OF the story teller, is described rs al Oil
maid schoolmarm
The Seaconnet mills, with capital
Of S4o0, 600, has organized at Fail Rieer to
manufacture print cloths.
Wheat emains inanimate in English
markets aal -four is cheaper. '9Ge eaGgo
trade is t!ii,:sually sluggish
Julia Hern was shot fatally at the
stoc:, yayi -iIt~o. b. her siste,' Eta in :,
g;srf2, ,.y-. q ..utual bsau.
In ate apting to hoard o moving train
AZ WiiniGsto', Del, ). !. Bst.lune, the
manager OF .},ia3 fora, was killed
Mr., Irving's engagement in Chicago
was the lar,s,s' ever playei ~ America The
receipts for tie three weeks were nearly
81, No0
Mrs. Hunt wife Of Cur minister to
Russia, fears -: her husbands illness IS
fatal, Mr.. Hun. Jr., left Washington for
st. Petersllir--
Eli Madlong, i quack doctor, who
cause! the ies,.,s II 1 J,a;.e..t IS reported to
have been lynri.s-i by friends OF his victim
near Denver, Colo Madiong formerly re-
sided at Ffe2aoI-, III.
\ musical entertainment given by SIX
! children, the o.,!,s. only l. years. at Water
ford, Pa, for the relief Of the flood sufferers,
| realized $5l2l. The money was sent to the
Red Cross society a. Cincinnati
Gayarre, the new tenor, who is the
son Of q Spanish Blacksmith, mad his debut
/ in "Lacrezi-. BoTgiG" ct Paris, ard carried
the audience by storm. Nine de Capatia,
| who also made her first appearance, was well
| received
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, Of Boston,
| is going TO England again next year He has
been invited to preach the four university
sermons a. Cambridge. Bishop Littleiohu,
of Long Island was the last American who
was similarly honored.
The city council of Chicago has
! passed an ordinance in conformity with the
| Harper bill, making the licenses for the sale
| of spiritu0ls liquors $500 and for malt
| HtuOTS SlOt- : u very ttOSS hole tI'e
| council failed 10 make ali licenses $500.
For the last month the car has been
in such deplorAb.e state Of nervous excite
ment that to all inients and purposes he may
| be regarded as insane. He is said to be
| thoroughly terrog-stTicken, and lives in q
state Of pane which would be ludicrous if il
did not produce such melancholy conse
quences.
A butting match of twenty seven
rounds between Evan Evans and Robert
McCauly was fought az Wanamec, Pa, botf
contestants weighing about 30 pounds. Al
the finish of the brutal exhibition Evans
| head was fractured and he is not expected
| to recover, while his opponents condition il
little better. A large amount OF money
changed hands.
A Boston correspondent relates that
Miss Susan B. Anthony, IN conversing will
Gen. Butler, who is counsel for her ant
Lucy Stone Black well in the suit coatestinI
the beeuest Of Mrs. Eddy, amounting t,
about so, 900 for each vi them, said: Gen
eral, you win try as hard to get this as if i
were for yourself, viii you not" And h
replied: "a great deal harder, Miss An
thony For myself, 1 wouldn't care whethe
had it or not, but | do care for you t.
have it y