The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-17
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Henry Levy 6 Son., n. T., importers,
failed Monday for S3J0,0)0
There are in the whole country 4, 0Qv. S07
farm, tie value o. when IS SG, l97, 096 10.
Te,cgral h operators are said to lie or.
ganizing frote: tive unions throughout the
country
Mr.. Blaine says that all Iel orts OF Inter
views with him since his arrival in Wazhi t.
ton are pure tabrications.
1t is estimated that The mother OF, pearl
fisheries in lower California VIII net 81 ,7Gj,-
600 during the year that will close thi month.
The French chamber Of deputies abol-
ished the grant for Catholic theological col
leges. The grant was supported by the gov
ernment
Gen. Sheridan has accepted the position
of marshal of the day for the celebration of
the completion of the Washington monu-
ment, on Fob. q.
The average number Of deaths, as be-
tween married and single men, according to
a London physician, is in the ratio of 10 to 9
in favor OF the former
Beginning Jan. l, the Chicago Burling-
ton & Quincy road will run direct train
from Des Mones to Kansas CITY, the route
being almost an air line
Mrs. John b. Rub committed suicide at
Peoria, Ills, Monday, by first hacking her
wrists with dull knife, and then cutting
her throat from ear to ear.
Mr.. Charles II. Lee, assignee of the J.
|, Case Plow company of Racine, Wis, says
that the liabilities of the firm are about
$740,000 and the assets $4,000.
Chief Justice Waite is i'll and confined
to his bed He was Monday absent from his
place on the supreme bench for the first time
since assuming the duties of his office.
The City bank, of Schenectady, n Y,
failed Monday afternoon, but received de
posts within an hour of suspension. There
is feeling that depositors will be paid in
full
Harry A. Garfield, son of the late presi-
dent, is appointed class-day operator at
Williams college. The other son, J. r., is
to be one of the marshals on the same &C
casi0n.
A stylish widow of Philadelphia, who
has already had three husbands, instituted
q breach of promise recently, in which her
claim for damages was $4,000 The jury.
after twelve hours deliberation, awarded
her S25.
Mayor Edison of New York city nomi-
mated Fitz John Porter for commissioner of
public works and Morgan }. OBrien for cor
poration counsel. The board OF aldermen
refused TO confirm O'Brien and laid Porter's
appointment upon the table
At Erie. Pa, Monday, The Polish Cath
olic church was leveled by the storm, which
ruffied the lake, and destroyed thousands Of
dollars worth Of fisherneRrs nets. Freight
cars were blown from the track, and forest
and orchard trees were torn up by the roots
Iowa farmers indulge bitter feelings to-
ward the railways, which charge them
freightage of II cents bushel on corn to
Chicago, while the value of the grain is but
Is to 10 cents. The railway commission has
taken the matter in hand, and if not vested
with full powers already, it will ask the
legislature to enlarge the scope Of their
| duties
There is soon to be erected a monument
! over the grave, in Clarendon, Vt, of The
| Ophilus Harrington, who was from 1893 to
| 1918 supreme court justice il that state,
and died in that office. 1t was be WAC first
| officially refused to return fugitive slaves TO
| their masters, replying to a siave-hunter
| who asked him What proof of ownership he
would require, Il want bill Of Saa from
| dod Almighty