The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-08-11
TIE NEWS IN BRIEF.

In attempting to beat his record Law.
Eye-See at Buffalo Friday trotted witbon: .
kip in 2;10% "
Texas fever is killing cattle at Lemars
Iowa, the disease having been brought there
BY cattle shipped from Kansas.
An assignment was made Friday nv
John legraw u Sons, lumber dealers at ST
raul, Their liabilities being $4,000.
Business failures in the United Sta,oS for
'he week numbered 276 against 241 last
week, and LOO for the corresponding period
Of 1883 p'' '''
The National Dental association at Sara
tosa, elected George H. Cashington, of Chi
rago, president, and decided to meet NEXT
year at Minneapolis
All the cotton factories at Petersbnro
va, save two have shut down because of DIM
hade' ana two IN operation will suspend
work in a week or So
Mccormick, pitcher, Briody, and Glass
cock have Quilted the Cleveland league team
and viii play the remainder of the season
with the Cincinnati Unions.
Mr. Thomas Jacks. an octorenarian
living in Parksville, Kan, went to Kansas
City last Tuesday and ordered his coffin, His
sons aSsiStel him in selecting the article and
all went home satisfied,
The drug trade in New York has been
unsettled by the failure in London of Meier 4,
Co, dealers in quinine. The foreign article
has fallen of 10 cents per ounce but Amer
lean qlhnine is steady.
Miss Hill, who is suing ey.Shnotor
Sharon for divorce, began suit against The
Alta California for publishing LAWYER Neil
sons statement, charging her with forging
the my dear wife" letters.
Alta Sunday school picninc near Move
aqua, HIS, Miss Emma Bond. the victim Of
the Taylorville outrage, was in attendance
and attracted general attention. She walks
with difficulty, but otherwise is gaining
strength rapidly
MI j. {, >. Harrison, the broken IDdi-
annapolis banker, has lodged petition in the
| Indianapolis circuit court requesting his re
lease Tie sets forth that he has been guilty
OF no crime, and his financial troubles have
been the result of errors OF Judgment
Thomas Jeffersons tomb, on which the
United States government recently spent
$1,000 suffers again at the hands of relic
| hunters The breaking of the lock and the
deinclng of the railing of the inclosure, as
well as the chipping of the tomb, are men
toned III Charlottesville paper.
An application has been made to the
governor of Indiana to reprieve Charles W.
| Butler, sentenced to be hanged in the Whit
| ley county court for wife-murder The date
/ nI fine K, nv
reprieve is asked for in order to allow extern
uating evidence to be produced
The punch and binding sheds in Roach'>
shipyard at Chester Pa, with the valuable
machinery, were destroyed by fire, involving
a loss Of $4,000. Five hundred men are rem
dered Idle, and work in the yard will be viz
| tuaiiy suspended for some time The loss i
said TO be fully covered by insurance.
John Leyey enlisted for the war a
Nenia, Ohio, in 1862 and since then his wifi
had not heard from him until last week
when she discovered he had been living within
a few miles of their old home ever SIM,
the close of the war Mrs Levey has an
other husband now, having been married il
1870
! League ball games Friday: In the morn
| ing liutfalO defeated Detroit 12 to :, but il
the afternoon Detroit won in twelve inning
! to q. Providence defeated Philadelphia
TO o.; and Boston and New York PLAYED III
game of eight innings, scoring eight run
each. Philadelphia protests the Providenc
victory because Gilhgan left the field withou
beng hurt and ut New York the crowd as
sauittd the umpire, Cunning Ia member o
| the Boston club because he called the pame