The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

DR.. Julius Guth has been appointed BY
the governor state veterinary surgeon OF
Nebraska.
Col Welter, inspector Of the Chicago 20
lice department, died Wednesday night ct
Titiin, Ohio.
b. ?. Shillater, better known as Mrs.
harrington, is a candidate for the postoflcs
at Chelsea, Mas
Mrs John Jacob Astor has donated box
Of books to eacn of the forty life-saving sta
tons on the Jersey coast.
League ball games, Thursday, resulted:
ChicagoS, Providence 5; Detroit s, Phila.
dolphia ;; Boston 6, Buffalo 2; St Louis G,
New York 5.
Advi ,es from Venezuela state that a revo-
luton broke out in that country on the Sd
inst, and that the government troops Joined
the Insurgents
Margaret and ..doses Lasley, of Win.
chester, Ind, lived together happily until
after the celebration Of their golden wed
ding, and then were divorced.
The supervising mechanic Of Washington
monument says he has given away more
than five tons of marble chips as relics, and
the demand Is on the increase.
AZ 4 meetiag of English iron manufact-
urers, hell at Birmingham Thursday,
great depression was reported in the trade,
the bulk of the iron works not paying ex-
penes.
The receiver Of tue Vulcan iron works at
st Louis was instructed by Judge Treat
Thursday to lea'e the property t. an Ohio
syndicate for six years at an annual rental
of $50 900
Sarah Althoa Hill Sharon, Thursday,
caused the arrest in san Francisco of Dr. r.
U. Piper, Of Chicago. She charges him with
libeling her in pamphlet recently pub
li,hed in San Francisco
Ethel, a Jersey COW "a years oil, owned
Ivy Mr.. McEwen, Of Columbia, Tenn, &C.
coriing to an official test produced in seven
days thirty pounds fifteen ounces Of butter
Heating all records for the Same age
II is sail that tile Mexican government
threa'cn' to withdraw tire appropriation
from all technical schools AMI donate the
money tarrimary instruction, on the ground
that the her schools are nurseries Of
treason.
The Suprema Tomple Patriarchal C irclo,
Of Odd Follows, in Sc sion at St Paul
elected offices Tuesday, Peter Tanvechten
Jr. Of Milwaukee, being chosen supreme
consul, and George c. o. Akley, of Chicago
marshal
Secretary Chambariain, of the Ohio state
boaId Of agriculture, estimates that The to
tai wheat crop of the United States this sea
son viii amount to 900 000, 0OJ bushels
against an average of AL. 900, Ooo bushel
| aud "a last years total Of Jl3 010, 600 bushels
Mrs. Anna Davis, at ono time brillian
| writer, is lying dangerously i'll in the Hon,
| for the Friendioss at Richmond, Ind, caused
| 10y the use of morphine. Her father, Col
| j. ". Woodson, is a Texas millionaire, bu
refuses to acknowledge his daughter be-
eau OF an obnoxious marriage which ha,
turnei out unhappily for all concerned.
In Paris the architect Caudray, although
married and having children, maintained
liaiSon with Mime. Bessier, the wife of shop
| keeper. Thursday the lovers quarreled, anC
Caudray, going to the shop in the absenc,
of Bessier, shot his mistress dead, and thel
ended his own existence by putting bulle
through his brain. The husband of tn
woman on learning of the tragedy became
rnving maniac.
4 connecting rod on the locomotive draw
ing the Atlantic express train broke, Thurs
day evening, near Waba-h, Ind, bursting
hole in the cab, and causing the steam +
escape in such volumes that the engineer
could not reach the reverse lever. The trail
dashed through Wabash at fearful spset
and passed dangerous curve in safety, an,
after running short distance further tn
engineer was enabled to bring the train +
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