The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-20
THE NEWS IN sRIsE.

me princess of Waleshas taken to photoe.
raphy as an amusement
Minister Lowell is being mentioned for
Tue presidency of Cornell college,
A Rutland, VT, woman wants divorce
on the ground that "a wealthy New Yortar
mas offered TO marry her."
close friend of James G. Bennett savs
The New York Herald is losing money and
ne VOWS It as his belief that the young ed ftor
viii yet die poor man.
II. j. Rohlf, Peoria dns, bakar hs-
came enraged Thursday at burning three
catches Of bread in succession. and shot
himself through the heart
AT Battle Creek, Mich, Thursday. while
the cashier of Hamblin's bank was counting
'he cash a man seized package Of bills and
ran hut WIS arrested and imprisoned.
Mrs, Juila Ward Howe and her daughter.
miss Mhude Howe, left New Orleans for the
horth Monday. Gen. Beauregard was
amoag those who went to the train to saw
goo!-bye
Meredith Workman, who was committed
to the West Virginis pen:tsntiary, THURSDAY
under three years sentence, has spent
swehty-Seven years of his fifty -four behind
prison walls.
On Chicoteague island, near Tasley, Va,
lhpriday, William Freeman, aged IS
fatally shot Timothy Hills, his wife and
daughter, because the latter rejected hi,
suit, and then killed himself.
Within few days thirty-tw men have
been discharged from the offices of the Wa
bash road at St Louis, and the next dis
missalS unless business improves, will b,
made from the shops and train crews
The wedding cake to be seen at the mar
riage of the Princess Beatrice will weigh PSI
pounds and will rest on pedestal OF gold
The princess is SO pretty that Sin
Is described as Cooking like an American
girl"
A rate war prevails at Louisville, and to
| bacco is being shipped from that city +
New York at II cents Passenger rates ar
also being cut, scalpers selling first-clas
tickets to New York, via Pennsylvania
lines, at $40 IN
The condition of the cat crop in Illinois
which state in 1884 produced los, 3l4, 95
bushels, is about up to the average, but til
area has Teen largely increased and, wit
favorable weather, the yield of next harves
viii be very heavy.
Mime. PATHS first stage dress Was mad
for her thirty -four years ago by a Ne
York milliner, Nine, Louza, who still be
the unpaid bill as a RENE mbrance. This bi
is for ST, and was resented to the div
when i'll New York last, but she declined I
" pay it
The Southern Pacific Railroad company
5 using endeavors to reduce expenses as bus
8 ness OF all kinds, it is alleged has fallen OF
Since Jan. l, 1900 employees have bee
asked for their designations AMI about Jul
! several prominent officials will sever the
u connection with the line.
League ball games Thursday were: CT
i, cago :, Buffalo 4; Providence s, Boston
- Detroit T. st. LOUISE Clubs belonging tod
American association played the followiI
games: Baltimore IL, Louisville 2; Cinci
n matt s. Metropolitan 4 Athletic g. Pittsbul
ed 5; Brooklyn 8, St Louis !.
nc The sultan of Turkey greatly regrette
says The Constantinople Express, the
m parture from his capital of United Stat
nr Minister Wallace, and as a token of his
81 gard gave him the insignia of the Ora
In Gordon of the Medjidieh, and handsol
snuff box enriched with precious stones.
:" In the 2;2l class trot at Narragsnsett pal
- Providence, Thursday, Billy Button W
first money, taking tbs second, seventh a
eighth heats, Frank securing two heats, a
Amelia C., Judge Davis and Albert FraI
one each. The time was 2:2014. 2:lS
2:19l4, 2:20l4, 2:2l15. 2:25$4, 2:2O15, 2:2t
tho fastest eight consecutive heats
record.
John Bignell, head Of an expedition 81
by the Dominion government to expl
in Lake Mistassi i, has returned to Ouch
He says the lake contains numerous la
I. Islands, which embrace large lakes in
interior The cold of last winter was
tense. The soil in the Mistassihi region
RI well adapted for the growth of hardy
ii reals