The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-12-10
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,

The exports Of produce from New York
f0f' the last week are valued at MARRY
-, $4,000.
Burke and Cleary the pugilists. have
been matched to fight six rounds, with hard
gloves, in Chicago, Dec. %
Count de Lugival, "A French nobeman,
| 'ged 2G, has just been married to widow
Of u. Her fortune is valued at G,0o0,U0
francs.
Professor Molitor, of the Black Hills, has
sent to President Cleveland tin brick as a
specimen of what is raised in that part of
Dakota.
Gen. Logan, it is said, has a room fitted
up in his new house at Washington, where
he spends several hours each day at carpen-
ter work.
According to the New York produce ex-
change, the supply Of wheat and corn in
sight is, respectively, 5G,995,G sos, and 5,653,
3s2 bushels.
Cholera has become epidemic in Brittany,
and is committing frightlul ravages, the
scouge being worse at Audierne than it was
Mt Marselles.
Tuesdays storm was general throughout
the west and northwest, extending from
Lake Michigan to the Rocky mountains and
from Duluth to OMAHA
Senator VOORHEES, used to have wan
before his name, and he is TO he one of the
speakers at the coming dinner of the Hol-
land society in New York
The executive committee of the Western
Union Telegraph company recommends a
dividend for the current quarter of II per
cent The earnings show decrease.
Miss Cleveland's favorite flowers are pond
lilies and roses. "A bouquet of pond lilies is
taken to her room every morning, and II
fresh basket placed on the table at break
last.
Gen. Rowley, Of Galcna, HIS. the only
survivor of Gen. Grants original staff, re-
ceived Tuesday from F. d. Grant, by spc-
cial directions of his father, "A copy of Gen.
Grants memoirs
The Patrons of Husbandry, state grange
of Wisconsin, assembled at Madison Tues
day. There are ninety subordinate oranges
in the state, with "A membership of 5000,
and the order is in a healthy condition.
a millionaire miner named Winthrop
Watson Gilman, who recently died at Frost
burg, Maryland, made most of his wealth
by purchases of real estate in Milwaukee
and neighhoring points in pioneer days.
The executive committee of the American
Base Ball association, at a secret meeting
in Philadelphia Monday, expelled the Met
Washington being selected to fill the va
cancy.
The office, church and school furniture
factory of Haynes, Spencer 6; Co, at Rich
mond, Ind, was partially destroyed by fire
early Tuesday morning, their loss aggre-
eating Sl1, 900, covered by S23,000 insur-
ance. Other firms lose $4,000, with insur-
ance of 1880
The domestic felicity of Mr.. and Mrs
Hendricks was n proverb in Indiana. At a
wedding ceremony in Shelbyville, three
years ago, the officiating clergyman, after
shaking hands with the newly married
couple, gave them his bcnedction in these
words: May 20 be as happy as Mr.. and
Mrs. Hendricks are"
The charge of discrimination preferred by
the Burton Stock-Car company, of Boston,
Mass, has not been sustained by the Illinois
railway commission. The Burton people
supply improved accommodations and
charge higher rates to shippers: therefore,
the commissioners argue, the railways have
power to charge more for hauling them