The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-15
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Archdeacon Farrar, the celebrated Eng.
lish divine, arrived at Quebec Sunday after.
noon.
The 1885 crop of Wisconsin tobacco is now
nearly all in, and the quality is reported as
very fair
A Chinese loan of $40, 900, 900 has been
negotiated in Paris and Berlin for the con-
struction of railroads.
Western Union telegraph operators at St
Paul at mceting held Sunday demanded a
reservation OF extra pay for overtime
About 5000 strikers in William Arm
strong's gun works, at London, returned to
work upon the discharge of several obnox.
ious foremen
Throughout Spain Sunday AGA new cases
OF cholera and 42S deaths were reported. At
Palermo, Italy, there were ten new casee
and four deaths.
By an explosion of fire damp in the Ashta-
bula Coal company's mine at Guffey's sta
ton William Bradley was fatally in jured
and James Hamilton seriously burned
Nigel Zetz a New York peanut seller,
Sunday morhing fatally stabbed Charles
Bradley, truckman, who with a party Of
drunken companions annoyed the Italian.
A meeting OF Irish Americans was held in
Cincinnati to take action in regard to the
parliamentary fund. Seven huntre dol
lars was subscribed ami $1,000 more
pla1ged.
A locomotive and caboose went through a
bridge into the Little Usage river near
Plea ant Hill, Kan, Sunday, and the en-
ginesr, Fred Karl, AMI the fireman, p Nc
Hauey, were drowned.
Charles L. Chamberlain. of St Louis
began suit for 500, 900 damages against
tile Chicago, Burlington 81 Quincy railroad
for injuries receiyel at WOODBURY., Iowa,
ten years ago, by which he was permanently
disabled.
Nathan L. Jordan. of Cincinnati, began
suit again Dom Patt, the celebrated
journalist, to recover 81, 100 for board which
he alleges he paid for Nellie Piatt, an ille-
gitlmate daughter of the defendant The
suit has created Il sensation.
John L. Sullivan, the prize fig hter, pitched
in game of base ball at Cleveland Sunday.
AS the champion wa leaving the ground he
was placed under arrest charged with vio-
lating the Sunday law. lie was taken be-
fore a justice of the peace and gave bail in
S1Ou Tor MS appearance.
The amount of fraudulent orders issued
by township trustees in various parts Of
Indiana i estimated at $3.50, 900. S. c.
Feuton, trustee of Adams township, War
ron county, is reported missing. Trustee
Clawsnn, of Warren township, who issued
| $4,000 of fraudulent orders, is reported to
be in Hamilton, Ont
| The expulsion of Russian Poles from
| Prussia has been carried Ia such extremes
that the German press has finally been
aroused to the cruelty and injustice perpe-
trated in many instances, and begun to en-
| ter its protests, saving that if expulsion is
| presisted in it will result in prejudicing
Germany's relations with other nations
! The Illinois sollier-' home commission
visited Delevan and Springfield Saturday
and the work of selecting site; is finally
completed. Some forty-two cities have ap
piled for the location of the home Blanl
proposals will be sent t. all places visited,
and the papers must be returned to Spring
field by Sept 20 The next meeting of the
board will take place at the state capita
Sept %
The following are the scores of the game
played Saturday b. the clubs of the bas'
ball association, named; The Nationa
league: Ar Be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES q Boston
D; at Buffalo First game. Buffalo q, De
troit 4; second game, Buffalo q, Detroit
at New YORK (xaibitiop game) - Providenc
S. New York l. The American association
At Philadelphia-Ci Cincinnati 5, Athletics 5
at Baltimors-S Lou l. Baltimore 2