The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-02-19
THE NEWS IN BRIEF

John C. Fremont is reported to Id
seriously i'll at his Staten Island hore
The Union Pacific railroad earned
last year s29, 76i, 100 and expended $40 GTa,!No
The Knights of Labor have petitioned
the Canadian parliament TO abolish assisted
emigration to the Dominion.
The clothing cutters will soon hold a
national convention to arrange uniform rates
of wages throughout the country.
BY the explosion of tank OF oil,
which boy fred at Beliefontaine, Ohio, six
children were severely burned.
s. E. BrAinard, bucket shop pro-
prietor at Youngstown, Ohio, has disap-
peafe3, leaving many snail debts unpaid.
1t is es,im eted thai from Raleigh TO
Saline in Illinois. distance of fifteen miles,
the flood swept away 80 900 bushels of corn.
Admiral Carr Glyn, heir to the
barony Of WoveTton AMI made lesasee OF
her estate by Miss Nelson. the actress, is
dead.
Some enthusiastic hunters in Waco,
Tex, chased an animal Tor several miles,
thinking it a wolf. but it proved to be yell
low dog
Bradlaugh h IS Il brother who is ac-
lively engaged il evangelical work, and who
hopes for the woal l-be NJ. P's conversion 20
Christianity.
The amount to date of Chicago con-
tribations to the sufferers by the Ohio river
overflow is about Si4, 900 III cash, besides
stores and clothing.
An imperial censor in Russia recently
objected to the publication of Hamlet" rs q
pernicious piece of literature to put in the
hands of the young.
Mrs Wendell Phillips, because of
husbands will, and asks for the appointment
of some other person.
Bismarck's action in returning the
Lasller resolutions TO the houss OF representa-
tives at Washington is condemned by the
German Liberal press
The Commercial house at Beloit,
Wis, burned early Saturday morning, the
guests barely escaping with their lives, The
loss is placed at $4,000.
The Massachusetts Republican state
committee viii meet on the 20.h inst, and
the Democratic On the 22d, TO arrange fol
the state convention to elect delegates TO the
national convent n.
The concert Civen in Cincinnati by
Abbeys commsns Tor the benefit Of flood
sufferers rea;.z SI,64l.60, and the money
vas placed n me hands of the Cincinnati
relief comia'.tee.
"Open rel eilion' was called for by a
large meeting Of workingmen at Foiz hall
Chicago. Resolutions of no less violent char
acter We're adopted against the existing
social, economic, and political institutions.
Father O'Hara, of St. Mary's parish,
the largest Catholic parish in northeastern
Pennsylvania. refused 10 admit members Of
the Grand Army of the Republic to his
churcy to attend the funeral services Of de
ceased brother
At Stoneville. D. T., shooting ARRAY
occurred between three United States deputy
marshals and a ban of cowboys led by the
II toriouS Axletree, who had assembled to
reScae prisoner en- route from Miles City to
Deadwood. Deputy Jack O'Hara was killed,
another man had his arm shot off, and two
others were wounded Five pack horses be-
longing to the cowboys We're shot.
The delegates OF the Manitoba
Farmers union arrived at Winnipeg from
Ottawa. They say their memorial to the do,
minion government requesting a redress OF
grievances received no attention. The coun
| ell has called a COM ention for March 8, at
| which the whole northwest viii be repre-
sented and decisive action taken. The excite
ment throughout the province is intense, and
| trouble is feared