The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-11-19
THE NFWe ~ Brief,

Rates from Kansas City to Chicago
have been reduced 10 81
Tae Hon. Luther MISSIONER, banker al
Bay City, Mich, died Sunday evening.
Portland, Ore. is getting up an excur
sion for the Sandwich Islands, TO leave il
January.
A New Haven. Conn, young lady ha:
commenced suit againA her mother fol
money due her for NJ hmg,
L. Adler y Co., OF Huron and Woon
socket, d. T., are in cNe4t, ewing $4,000
but S23, 00G Of which Is !, cure,!
William B. Fitch, OF Kingston, n. Y.
an extensive blua-; urn dealer, and q Demo
cratic eleetor failed Monday for $l50,O00
Mrs. W. w. Astor recently paid sos,
600 for set of ebony and gold furniture
once i'll the hcudoir of tie ex-Empress Eu
genie.
The Waukesha, Wis, woolcn.mills wert
entirely destroyed by lr, &onday evening
entailing q loss Of $75N}, with $4,000 iii
suran;c.
Three blocks of business houses at Mill
baak, D T., burned Monday morning, re
suited in $685. 800 los, with about ga, 0C0 i'll
sGrance.
All the state candidates of both partie:
in Illirui IAN from .Gi /, .2IJ over their re
siective presidential i,ci.e 5 in counties on
side of Coos.
Gen. Fremont administered an oath t.
his msn, nh9n ,au!ii.,'-> I-.c.,;,n IN the Grea
American Ger, t, de rather than to con-
NIT camiJai II.
An ey-convict of Atlanta, Ga, has re
Gently begun sui 70" damage, against The
state penit ntiary for brutal treatment re
ceivei while unIcr-oin- 5artancc
The Coon Hollow distllcry and ware
house, containing l.4ji barrels of whisky, al
New Hope, Ky, We're destroyed by fire Mon
day. The Insurance aggregates $43,500.
The mahdi is a radical totaI-abstinenct
man, even to c.ffee ami tobacco, which hi
won't even allow in hr camp. In fact, he
lately gave a refugee $50 Iashes for smoking
e cigarette
John Fleming and Frank L. Loring,
the manipuatOts OF Fund W swindle:
at Chicago who were sent in June / ST TO tht
county Jail for one year, tG:e been parlonel
by Inc president
The clearing house cXcila ogas last week
500, S:i2 3l4 are So So, as greater thar
for the praviouS week - compared witt
The corresponding Terioi il 1873, however
there is falling OF OF s:tH y 04;33.
In its review Of the Irish grain trad,
tho MARI iaue ENrre avs: "fEarc were
large Imports 81 whca} LAST setl< from Amer
lea, The trade is greatly de;rass2d ant
very little business IS tang transacted
throughout tla c"u-fTy.r
For refusing to take out 4 license undc,
the Downing law. .,. y .a!ooH-kecper5 ut st
Joseph, Mo, vega fined Monday 500 each
and viii not be given 4 license for two years
\ number Of similar cases are pending, anl
the decision Of Judsc Grub las caused con
stcrpation.
The master in chancary having made ;
report showing In la 5e !aes q the Chi
cago university SO Tie htutual Lie iasur
anee company, thn he,rs Of Staphen 4
Douglas bring auit tu lcc.Hsr the property
On the ground t4at 81 has been ALLEVIATE,
from tho purposes mat'iunel in the grant
The priest i. CHAR q Notrc Dame d.
LourdCs r=r.sa "a, i River, Mas, ha
been driyea from the Jars. mace by factor
OF the church opposed 10 him, ant
missiles have llecn thrown through the win
dows cf his recent reslen,e Tie priest vii
criminaly prosecute The ringlrad"l,, VIII,
have undertakes the collection # c!turcl
contributions