The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-26
the NEN5lN 32=r.

Mrs NJ. ]. Pottingar, Of Louisville was
Eppo'@t.d rotary luuiic.
Riieman Carver. crack shot, made
$eo.oJJm his trial Of skill last Week.
The license Of the IIibcrnia Insurance
company e.e) NJ New Orleans, II do bust
1e5s ia lsnos. has been revoked
Postmaster : c. Dallas, Of Salineville,
0hin, VI, arr s,ed Friday, shortage hav-
ng been covered N his accounts.
Tie Irgham county. Michigan, poor
houS2 was burned csily Friday morning, the
inmates escaping without injury. TIE III
,uran,e amounts 81 $1,000
An eccentric Englishman, who laadcd
II New York the other morning, took
steamer for Liverpool tae same afternoon.
He sail he had seen enough.
\ Joker at New Haven, Conn, init
mate,1Frb!ay that IN, MY Haven Savings
bank was embarrassed, the result being that
l rua en- 30 bank was b, an.
West bound freights were reduced Fri
day ~ tie trUnk-iIa committee 10 -, a,
80. -. and IS cents respectively fer elias es l
to s. going int effect Monday.
Minnie Moore. aged II, dau glitter Of 4
Co!oe- N. T. nal proprietor, e.opei with
and married To;a Nliigll. Is years old.
Steps will be taken to annd the marriage.
A verdict for 5000 was given against DR..
NJ. S. Reber, of Snoemaker,ville, Pa. Friday
IN favor of Peter Herring, aged ST, whose
broken leg, the physician hal Improperly
trcate!
Nellie Koran was held for trial Friday
at Whitewater, Wis, Oh tho charge Of pos
1niug her sister. The eyiienco against tie
girl is strong but no defensive testimony
was offered.
An order from the United States court
at Cievaitui was promItgasel Friday, d.
recting the sale Of the Toie 20 s. indianapolis
railroad, F,n. y nex5 \ no less bid than
s15l, 0JJ viii be accertc!.
1t is estimated says The Carson Appeal,
that SlfCOJ .00) WORTH of gold and silver lies
IN the bed of the Carson river. 1t lies about
an ileh thick along the rive., but the people
along the banks are too proud to dslve for
it.
An immense ice gorge in the Su5que-
hanna caused TIE huu!I.g q: the lower sec
ton Of Port Deposit. Md, Friday afternoon,
| the rapid rise of the tile causing great ex-
| element. Citizens removed their effects
hastily AMI thee wera soma narrow escapes.
| While intoxicated in Boston Thursday
night John l. Slii.van, the pugilist, was the
cause Of ree-.ight IN q saloon. He, it is
sail, butted one man with his head, and
struck another ssnssless, but escaped by a
raar door When the police arrived.
| The latest application OF wood is dress.
| ing for wounds in the form of what is termed
wood wool 1t is finely ground wood,
such as is used in the manufacture of paper.
| 1t is a delcate-iiberej, soft. yellowish white
substance, capable Of absorbing an immense
quantity OF liquid
An army officer stationed at San Fran
CISCO who was general Oh Grants staff all
through the war, says there is not word of
truth in the stories that the general was
fond of swearing In all the years of their
close relationship he never heard Grant use
a stronger oath than Dog gore it.
| Because OF aB atfront offered young
lady IA sou of Congressman Holman struck
Don Carlos De Castro, OF the Venezuelan
| legation, in tie Stewart residence at Wash
ington Thursday night Blows were ex
changed, but the parties were soon separ
sted. 1t transpile; that De Castro was not
man. The Venezuelan refuses to pit al
apology, and demands personal satisfaction,
and duel is impeniing.