The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-12-08
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

NJ Schenck, Radical, has been elected
president OF the Swiss confederation.
The San Francisco Argonaut invites
Mr.. Blaine To accept the California senator
ship
Wyoming papers say that the supply Of
brides is not equal to the lall and winter de-
mand.
Mr.. Blaine reached Washington Friday
evening and was Immediately driven to his
residences.
The senate of New Jersey is Republican
by l majority, and thi, one elected by IS
plurality.
Becker & Stern, millers at Millstadt,
HIS, made an assignment, Thursday, with
liabilities of $4,000.
Solomon Forres and Jose Manuel Soto
were executed at Salinas, Cal, Friday for
numbering Chinaman.
Twenty oysters recently taken from the
shells at Baltimore, Md, weighed over five
pounds, and completely filed quart meas
IRE
Business men of Gloucester, Mass, en-
Canada which woald permit the entry of
fish free of duty.
Twenty buildings Some Of them dwell
ings) at Breckenridge, Col, were destroyed
by fire Friday evening, tie @s being placed
at between $50, 900 and 5000
Hill, Fontaine & Co, of Memphis,
Tenn. estimate the cotton crop of this year
at 5,tjS3 900 baies The frost of Oct n re
suited in a loss Of fully 10000 bales
NJ fEa1.or's -
Baltimore has reached that city from Paris
fhe atatues which stani for Peace, Plenty,
War, and Famine, are to be placed i'll Mount
Vernon .quare
A lady named Mrs Hcws, living near
| Painted Pot, N. Y. gave birth to a girl
baby, the ether day, with two perfectly
formed head Both mother AMI child are
| reported to be- doing we'll
John Brew Ster, 1G years old, pleaded
| guilty Friday TO robbins letters at Midland,
Mich, where his fat CT 5 postmaster He
was in love, and ued the stolen funds to
| further his suit.
Attorney General hIct artney of Illinois
has notified r. + lanes, ,olRressman-elect
from the Sixteenth Limos ii tri,t, that he
will contest his seat. ;l'c- n bribery
| fraudulent returns, voting in Illegal hours,
| etc.
Mrs. Thomas A. Hendricks has been
presented with a campaign "anl;er made by
| the young ladies of La flatte, Mo, and car
riea in several Iaradcs there. 1t is of white
satin, richly embroidered, with gold-thread
| horseshoe in one corner.
Mark Twain aid Mr. Cable called upon
| Governor Cleveland the otner day and
Mark sat down npcn ii long row Of electric
| histons which set lot OF bells ringing and
brought in dozen CLERKS and deputies who
wanted to knoW why they were summoned.
The famous Montgomery, Ala. shooting
club is seriously contemplating Offering to
make pool of 500 each from various clubs
| in the world to he shot for at pigeons by a
team of four m amber5 from each club at the
the worlds exposition at New Orleans in
January.
Thefts from stores at Charleston, W.
Va, led to an Investigation and the discovery
that band u boys, fully organized, and
having grips, passwords etc, We're the rob-
bers Their headquarters were in an ul,fre-
quent section, anl their meetings were
always held at night
The engineer Of well-fillcd passenger
train discovered al obstruction on the New
York, Lake Erie & Western track near
Tonawanda Friday evening The brake.
we're applied, and the obstruction pushed off
Ii the wreckers had bcen successful the train
would have tumbed down an embankment
and great loss Of life would probably have
resulted