The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-04
The NEWS IN BRIEF.

Landell & Lexington, hardware deal
ers, at Sharon, Wis. have failed.
A code of uniform railway signals is
being consi Tered by the American roads,
The wooden boxes that bring oranges
from Florida are manufactured in Maine. q
A pearl weighing nearly two hundred
grains has lately been found on the line of
the Panama canal
Dolly Sexton, of Mount Lebanon, has
been with the Shakers of that place since she
was years cid She is l07 now
Edward Burgis, aged %, ate hearty
supper at his home in Ridgeville, Iud, arose
from the table and shot himself dead.
The death Of Mr.. Holbrook reduces
the republican vote i'll the Iowa house to
fifty-1ot enough to pass the prohibition bill.
At bloomington, Neb., Henry B.
Holmes was burned to death in his barn.
Thirty cattle and all the contents were also
consumed
Reuben Haywood, of Chicago, who,
it was SUI ose,l, died suddenly at Rockford
last December, writes from California that
be is alive ae well.
him PIifce Jerome Napoleon said he
believed the time had come to begin agita-
ton for the promotion Of the Bonapartist
causo.
After an entertainment at Pana, Ills. !,
fov the benefit # Emma Bond, unknown
persons hung Judge Phillips, who presided at
the trial of Montgomery ct al, ia effigy on
the comHon
The conrt Of cessation at Rome has
decided that the real property of the pro
pogansla must be converted into govern
ment stock. The vatican thinks of appeal
to the powers
A remarkable advance in the price of
tea is noted at present throughout the coun-
try. Speculation is rife il New York aud is
extending to this market. The cause is a
very short crop In this staple.
The leaders OF the gathering at the
| depot al Paris, when the Conlte lie Paris left
| Tor Madrid, and when cries of Long hive
| the king were raised, and have been sen
| tei.ced to eight Gays imprisonment
Amajority of the Milwaukee bar has
| pgt,tiuned President Arthur thai lac appoint.
in cast Of the retirement of Judge Drummond
| ilOiti ttit t!ituIh bSIlSl, biSAkISh
| Charles Z. Dyer To that position
Governor Sherman sent q message
| b. the Iowa senate, accompanied By report
| from professor Of yeterinary science, show
| ing that a case of pleuro-pneumonia had
never existed among the live stock of the
state,
4 new Sheep disease in the Montana
!
sud euly swell! up, bleed at the nose, and
expire in a few minutes. Hundreds die in a
day, and there is no means Of diagnosing or
preventing the MALAY.
During the past three years 135 or
| carnations with contsivances for the trans
mission of intelligence have been ineorpo-
rated in the state Of New York, under the
telegraph companies act, and the capital rep
resented aggregate S225, oooooo
John w. and Asa B. Hutchinson
with their sister Abby Mrs Pattonl are visit
ing Washington City These three were OF
/ the original quartet, famous as the "Hutchin,
son Family" ami are the only surviving
members of family of sixteen brothers and
| sisters
When the act to repeal certain sec.
tons of the Scott liquor law came up in the
Ohio house for final passage, the Democrat.
found that many of their members were alb
sent, and moved that postponement OF the
question be had until next Tuesday. Upon
this question the Republicansrefusedt to vote
| leaving the house without quorum; but the
speaker ruled that As the members were pres
ent it madeno matter whether they voted OF
not, and accordingly the matter was deferred