The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-05
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gould's partner, Conner figures out
Gould's income as the bagatelle Of $780,.
900 year.
A Venezuelan gold mine is said to
have yielded 81, $50, 900 to its American own
ers in the last six months
Business failures for the week numb er
S6G, against 27S last week, AMI 2S3 in the
corresponding period year ago.
Mclaughlin, the young coachman who
recently married the Widow Britain "a rela-
tive of Vanderbilt), died Friday at Staple
ton, L. |.
Enckes comet, on its return trip was
discovered Friday evening at Nashville by
L. E. Barnard, of Tho Vanderbilt university
observatory.
The Superior Iron company filed arti-
cles Of incorporation Friday at Madl on,
Wis The object is to mine ore, and the
capital is S50),000
Judge Brown, of the supreme court OF
| New ork, has rendered a decision that
wife may be the legal business partner of a
| person other than her husband.
p. P. Oldershaw & Co, one of the
| oldest firms on change, have failed, owing
to the sudden rise in the price of grain. The
liabilities will not exceed $4,000.
Transatlantic steamship companies have
agreed upon uniform rates for prepaid steer
| age tickets westward OF S22 for fast steam
ers and $50 for ordinary steamers
Estimates of the cost of the Nicaragua
canal vary from So, },pD to $4,000, 600.
| 1t is claimed by the OPP - alts of the canal
that it wouli cost OVER s210, 01,0O0 to build.
A Chinese gunboat in trying to force
the blockade of Furmosa was captured by q
French gunboat Fourteen Englishmen
were among the crew Of 6ne Chinese vessel
| A bee,keeper of Riverside, Cal, has
thirty three hives OF bees, which have yielded
during the last season seven and qual tel
tons of honey, an average of Ala pounds tC
| the hive
Foreclosure proceedings against the
| Bankers 81 Merchant Telegraph company
are to be begun. The receivers, however
hope to issue certificates" 10 meet the entire
floating debt
| In Michigan Ter. ury trial it came out
that the prisoner Aan ne hs left hand in
stead of TIE right ia mAAiny oath to the lie
self from legal responsibility
An old fellow in New Jersey nameC
kelp had $1,000 in cash, an was told TIA
he must die He bought ,''Instery lot anC
coffin, arranged for the un"ral and thei
burned IS 900 by the fltma OF q candle.
One of the exhibitors at recent cattl
show in En- ,lanl was Alr. John Jones, o
Llandudno An animal he sent bore tn
euphoniou name of LanfairpwlIgwyngy
lgogerchwylw Notwithstanding
A Baltimore Il Ohio train was boarded
Friday evening at Kim san, Ind, by tw
men, who robbed the passengers Of money
watches, and valuaiieS, and then jumpe
frcm the train while it was running at ful
speed
! Partly to ascertain whether the asser
ton OF chat srient!et who declared tina
everything should lie pratt ii on green pape
| is as represente l." and partly to give it dis
! tinctive appearance, The West Grove Che.
ter county, Pa Independent Will be printe
on green paper ttls year,
Petitions asking the legislature of Penn
2 sylvanIa 10 sabmt to The voters an ament
e ment to the constitution prohibiting t.
l. manufacture and sale within the common
; wealth of alcoholic liquors to be used as
4 bev rage, have been sent out by the Coz
stitntional Amcndmegt association OF PEN
| sylvania,