The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-10-01
THE keWs IN eAiee.

League ball games Monday: New York,
10; Buffalo, S. Boston, 5; Detroit, 0.
James and Harry Garfield, sons of the
late President Garfield, have determined to
study law, with the intention OF practicing
According to reports from. the head
waters of the Muskegon, in Michigan, con-
tracts for $50 900, 900 feet of logs have already
been made.
Rev. J. b. Wakefield, D. D., who has
been rector of Grace church, Richmond, Ind,
for thirty years, has accepted call to Trinity
church, San jose, Cal
The grain crop of Hutchinson county,
Dakota, for this year is estimated as follows:
Wheat, 400. 600 bushels; oats, 200, 900 bushels;
fax, 500, 600 bushels; corn. $1,000 bushels
The Phillips Gold Mining company, of
Chicago which proposes to operate in Michi-
gan, was Incorporated, Monday, the capital
stock being placed at 81 100000.
From Mount Kisko, NJ Y, Georgiana
Seymour, aged IA, has eloped with John
Sprague, of Brooklyn Her mother remarks
that now she has gone away she may stay
away"
In five.mile boat race at Point of
Pines, near Boston, Monday, Teemer defeated
Ross by half length. Ross was given a
start of five seconds, and the stakes amounted
to $1,000.
Clearing house exchanges last week
sos, S4S, 294-are al, 1859, 236 greater than the
previous week, but when compared with the
corresponding week year ago show a fall
ing off of So per cent
Joseph Bunker, chief fire marshal at
Cincinnati, who had been connected with the
department for twenty eight years, died,
Monday from injuries received in a collision
while driving to fire.
Admiral Courbet expresses the opinion
that nothing short of the actual occupation
of the Chinese capital by French troops will
suffice to compel the government Of China to
accept the demands of France
The sixth annual reunion of the Eastern
Iowa Veterans association will be held at
Muscatine, Oct l and 9. Gen. Sherman,
Gen. A. H. Sanders, Gen. B. NJ. Prentiss,
Gen. Geddes, and others are expected to be
present.
1t Is stated that the report of the re-
| ceiver of the Northwestern Car and Manu-.
featuring company at Saltwater will show
| assets far In excess of the liabilities, and
| that business will soon DO resumed under
Senator Sabin's direction
Quite a number of Swedes are return
ing to the old country from Tawas, Mich.
this fall, and will not return, as they are not
well pleased with their success the past
season, and the prospects for work the com,
| ing winter are not favorable
The South American commission re-
sumed its session Monday at New York, with
large attendance The Brazilian consul
general stated that American butter is ship
ped to England, and then reshipped to Brazil
as English or Dutch butter
A man living near Edisto. in Aiken
| county, S. c., boasts of having three
mothers-in-law still living, twenty-ninI
brothers-in-law, thirty sisters.in-law, tn,
most of whom are living, over $50 nephews
and nieces and only one grandchild
| According to the fragment of the
biennial report of Bank Examiner Knox
there has been during the past two years g
net increase in the capital stock of Minnesota
| banks of 81 IA, $50, and in surplus Of sl2S,
21S. The increase in capital, surplus, and
individual deposits aggregates s2,45S, s6S
and In loans s., 407, 467. The combined CAPT
tai, surplus, and individual deposits of al
the hanks Of the state amount to s45, $50, 900
During the period covered ny the report
fourteen new banks have been chartered by
the state, and one bank has failed