The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A negro in Pamela. Fla. is the father OF
thirty children
Milwaukee has "lady" rag-picker who
is worth $4,000.
The increase of the Mormon church ex.
ceeds 1900, 900 annually.
The national debt is only twelve times
| as large as that of the city of New York.
League ball games Thursday; Chicago,
8; New York, s. Boston, g. Cleveland, ?.
The Celestial Empire states that the
king of Siam has 263 children, and is under
80 years of age.
New York custom house officials found
| 500 artificial eyes concealed in the hustle of
| lady voyager
The Brooklyn bridge expanded over
twelve inches at the top joint in the center
during one hot day this summer
The secretary of the National Cattle
| Breeders association has summoned the sec
ond annual convention, to be held in Chicago
| Nov Ii and IA.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, when posi-
| BILE, always travels at night He says be
would rather eat green apples than journey
in the day time
The Emperor William and Empress Au
| gusta have presented stained glass window
to the garrison church at Iorgau, in memory
| of Martin Luther
The cathedral at Moscow, built tC
commemorate the departure of Napoleon's
army, cost $l2, 100000 and will accommo
date 10, 900 worshipers.
At the Illinois State Pharmaceutical as
ISOLATION, A. 2. Cunningham, of Campaign
was elected president, and Chicago selected
as the next place of meeting.
The hosiery manufacturers of Noting
ham England, have given notice to theil
employees of reduction in wages, owing tC
dizziness of trade and foreign competition.
In l00-mile riding contest at st Louis
| Charles NJ Andersen defeated the three mer
matched against him, they giving up the
race ON the eighty fifth mile. Anderson GOV
| cred the cighty-i five miles in three hours and
| forty-siX minutes.
A Chinaman, who is married to white
| woman, was granted citizens papers a
| Cleveland, Ohio Fouryears ago he took out
his first papers, and Judge Tilden decided
| that he was not barred out by the anti
| Chinese act of 1889.
| Continued overproduction in the whisky
business induced the executive committee Of
the Western Export association, in oASsion a
the Grand Pacific, Chicago To order a de
crease in production equivalent to 500
bushels of corn per day.
Breed 81 Edwards. pillow manufacturers
at Pittsburg, made an assignment theiI
nominal assets reaching 100000, witt
| so, 900 liabilities p L. Matthews, of tn,
Mclean Furniture company at Lawrence
burg, Ind, also assigned, owing $4,000, hi
| assets amounting to $4,000
The trial Of Oliver Bateman, whit
butcherei two little girls at Flag Springs
Mo, commenced Thursday at Savannah
Mo. Two indictments for murder in thu
first degree were returned against him. ant
he was given forty eight hours to plead HI
refused the service of an attorney, and say
he will plead guilty,
Complaining of pains in her arms, Mrs
Seeley, of Sardinia, N. Y, applied for re
| lief to a physician, who, after an cxamina
ton, developed sores and applied poultices
the result being the extraction of forty-si1
needles or portions of needles from tn
afflicted members. The woman has n,
knowledge of how they were introduced int
her system.