The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-07
THY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Ex-President Arthur is said to be quite I'll
WITT malaria.
Prince Bismarck receive 2,s22 kilograms
81 congratulation on his birthday.
Judge Hezekinh G. Wells, presiding Judge
Of the court of Alabama claims is dead
The Peninsular Stove Works at Detroit
we're damaged $4,000 by fire Sunday morn.
ing.
Capt Elias Silns for years prominently
connected with the shipping interests of
Cleveland, died Sunday, aged u.
Representative Randall, who has been
seriously i'll, was much better Sunday, and
expects to be able to so out early nextweek
A New Hampshire court has been called
upon to decide the question whether a
woman may marry her deceased h usband's
father.
David B. Blot, a church leader at North
Jackson, Ohio, confesses having forged the
names of his father and brother to notes for
5000.
Professor Arminus Vambery, the dis
tingui he'd traveller, gives it as his opinion
that war between England and Russia is in
evitable.
Bishop McQuaid, of Rochester. has issued
an order that hereafter in his diocese mono
but Roman Catholics and actual communi-
cants shall sing in the choirs.
Joseph Walton, heavy coal operator on
the Monongahela, conceded the Scent rate
demanded by coal miners, and it is believed
that other operators will do likewise
Arab deserters who have come into Gen.
McNeilrs headquarters report that Osman
Digma has only $50 followers at Ekrotat, to-
Sc Their with the members of his household
| Reporters. printers, and editors at Winni-
| peg, were summoned, Sunday, for violating
the Sabbath by getting out paper contain
ing the latest news regarding the Rel rising.
W. c. Horn deserted from the Confederate
army at the battle of Gettysburg, and has
since teen incurred as dead Last Friday
he returned to his home in Toomboro, Ga.
and surprised his wife, who thought he was
ghost.
| A proposed banquet to ex-President
! Arthur, to welcome him back to New York,
had been fixed for the 18th of April, but on
account of Gen. Grants critical condition, il
has On Gen. Arthur's own suggestion been
postponed.
i Chai lco '" buietlb, oA pioSlIohO Ol tilt
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroad
company, whom the New York supreme
court recently adiudgsd to be lunatic, died
Sunday morning at the house of his sor
| Frederick
Chandler and Cummings president ant
cashier Of the defunct Farmers Nationa
Bank of Bushnell, waived examination befor,
the United States commissioner, at Spring
field, and were held to the June term o
court in so 900 each.
Clearings at the principal cities of thu
United States last week show decrease a
compared with the corresponding week o
1884 of "a 6 per cent The decrease in New
York was 50 per cent In Chicago the de
crease was 1872 per cent.
The preliminaries of peace between Chin
and France mnder discussion with Ferry
are now suspended The government It
| Pekin awaits resumption of negotiations
but insists as first condition that Franc
withdraw her prohibition of rice as contra
band of war.
At Fauriuburs, " C., a hog ate heavil
of dynamite AMI then entered n lot wher
there was a drove OF mules The hog wa
kicked by one Of their number and imme
diately exploded and killed twenty of tn
mules This is vOuchel for by the loca
paper Of the place.