The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-07-20
THE NEWS IN BRIEF,


Five families who arrived at New York
Friday from Bremen, were sent back as pau
pers.
League ball games Friday resulted: New
York 3, Boston 3; Providence 6, Philadel.
phia ).
The effect of high license in St Louis has
been the closing of go wine and beer sa-
looms since July l.
Georgia man tried TO cut the chords in
tbs feet of his daughter so that she could not
imperil her soul by dancing
Business failures for the week numbered
1856, against 1 10 last week. and 2ll in the
corresponding period of 1884
Grasshoppers have made their appearance
in the wheat fields of Dakota, near Fort
Buford, doing considerable damage
William Earnshaw, for fifteen years chap
lain of the central branch of the Soldiers
home, died at Dayton, Ohio, Friday.
Zoe b., the famous trotter, was sold at
Pittsburg Friday to an Italian gt sleman
for 500 The purchaser will take her to
Rome
A Baltimore girl mixed some chemical
with the rouge used by her rival 50 that it
would turn her cheeks black indelibly in
stead of pink
John A. Armstrong and Alexander Coen
steamboat owners and lumber dealers of
Wheeling. w. Va, have assigned, with La
bilitie' of s25O, 900
Friday was the hottest day for five years
N New York, the temperature averaging
about 80 Eight deaths from the heat oc-
CURED in Hudson county, Nav Jersey.
A census just taken OF Nebraska shows
that the popula ton of the state is over 200,
900 as against 452, 009 in 1889. The popula-
tionef Omaha was increased from 80, 652 in
1889 to 81 $50
The paymaster Of British Columbia rail-
way was stopped by marked men Friday
morning. and at The point OF revolver
| handed over all the noney-a large amount
of which lie was posse sal.
The three men who pay taxss on the high
est asses led value of personal property in
Great Britain are Giles Loder, ST, 900, 600
Richard Thornton, Sl4, 0o0, 900, and Baron
| Lionel Rothsohild, Sl3. 500 900.
An old man named Stoner, and his
nephew. John Hoffman were captured in
| Clark county. kansa, and brought back to
Des Moines Friday for the murder, eigh-
teen years ago, Of Samuel C. Aliif.
David Ackles colorel, was hanged al
| Helena Ark, for the murder of FRANK
Burrell and Felicia Flanagan. At Halifax
N. C., Eaton Mills. a not rious colored des
perado, was hanged in the presence of 6, OK
| people.
Lars Gunderson, late postmaster at Cum
| berland, Wis, who absconded recently
leaving deficit of S. 900 in his official &C
counts, was found in Manitoba by an in
spector, to whom he voluntarily surrendered
himself
Two men named Charles Clark AMI FREQ
johnson We're Friday, in Chicago, giver
twelve years each in tho penitantary OF
their first conviction for psnal olTen4e-
IN this case burglary, an unusually heav,
penalty for Cook county jury to infict
An Indiana man who found his sweet
heart so well guarded at the paternal man
sion as to make all elopement impossible
married another girl just to turn away sus
picion from him elf, and in week desertet
her ami ran away with the girl of his choice
10 eph +. Cottringer, ex-secretary ant
treasurer of the Central Transportation
company Of Pennsylvania. charged with tn
embezzement OF S147, 800 anil forging Ger
tiicat,s of the company, was sentenced a
Philadelphia Friday to imprisonment 70
four years in solitary confinement