The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-09-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,

Nevada viii cast about 10, 900 votes th;.
year for delegate to congress.
caterpiilars are causing a great deal If
danlase to cotton in parts of Florida.
Potatoes are drug in the New Yorl.
markets and are rotting there by thousands
" lille training at Hartford, Monday
Maud s. made mile without nrginer -
213k. o' urging IN
Women and girls own nearly one-l,aIf Of
tne deposits III the savings banks of Massa.
chnSetts, having to their credit sir o3o 400
The lion. John E. Neff, formerly secre.
taty OF the state of Indiana, died Monday
night at the residence of his father. in Win
chester, Ind
one negro in Floyd county, Georgia in
giving his tax recently, reported S. worth of
pfolFaty and ten dogs. Another gave in four
dogs and So.
AN enterprising young lady of Saline
county, Arkansas, who is afflicted with the
crazy quilt disease, recently completed a milt
containing $4,000 pieces.
Mr. John b. Farwell denies that plenro-
pneumonia has broken out among his herd Of
Guernseys at Lake Forest. The animal that
died suffered from lung fever, brought ON NV
a cold. y
Mrs. Baume, wife of missionary left
oalena' HIS, Monday to join her husband in
northern India Several girl graduates Of
Evanston university accompany her 70 serve
| as teachers.
Judge Gresham has accepted the posi-
tion now held by Judge Drummond. and will
take ms seat ON the bench about Oct I
FRANK i1atton will succeed the Judge as post
| master general
olearlng house exchanges the past week
-s655 81, 4d6-are $50, T24, 75S less than for
tne preceding week, and when compared with
the corresponding period in 1888 show de-
cline of 81. per cent.
Near San Bruno, Cal, the dead bodies
! oil a man and woman were found both Of
their heads having bullet holes in them On
card found ON the man was the name II.
d. Reynolds" with the information that his
mother lived at Brooklyn, N. Y.
| There is a queer case on trial in Sche.
nectady, N. Y. A physician has sued To
collect bill for services at the birth Of a
child which was still born. The parents
answer that the body of the child was de-
hvered to the doctor in full payment of his
| bill
The Mark Lane Express, in its weekly
review of the British grain trade, saws: ''Tbe
price of English wheat declined Is Der QUAR-
Ter during the week, and -four fell Cd The
foreign wheat market is depressed, and prices
still farther declined Advices from India
report the crop prospects improving
Some time ago eleven Cinnamon were
killed in railway smashup near Heron
New Their relatives soon after brought suit
| against the railroad company to recover
$4,000 damages, Last week the case was
compromised by the company agreeing t.
pay $3.50 head for the departed Celestials
James and William Holden, brothers
engaged in conflict, Sunday, at Augusta
His, and when man named Finley inter
fered James shot him dead and fled. The
quarrel resulted from feud between thu
two Holden brothers as to which of them wa!
due the honor Of having killed an unknown
man in fight six years ago
The son of Postmaster General CARING
of Canada, aged II, and the 16-year-olo
daughter of wealthy lumberman elopet
from Ottawa, Ont, Saturday last and it i
supposed are now in Boston The youthful
pair was married clandestinely in July, anC
the fact leaking out, they decided to max,
their angry parents hearts grow fonder b,
thar absence.