The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-02-11
The NEWS In sRlEF.
The French have captured three 1

The French nave captured tnree iortS
commanding the Chinese camp at Donsong.
Hishmen at Chattagooga boycotted The
Daily Times for criticising O'Donavan'S
course.
G. Casssrd & Sons pork. packing estab-
lishment at Baltimore was damaged by fire
to the extent of $4,000 Sunday.
Fire in the annex to the signal service
Office at Washington destroyed man valua-
bic instruments and damage the building
to the amount of $1,000
The National Independent association
has been organz "a in London, which hes for
one of its objects an alliance between Eng
land and the Tn ted States.
The watch was increased at the parlia
ment building, Ottawa, Ont, Sunday, owing
| to intelligence from New York that the dyn-
amiters are preparing for an attack.
+. L. Geger, of Cleveland, Ohio, a
| former agent OF tie International Working
| mems association, says there ara four groups
| of anarchists in that city who are ripe for "A
| riot.
The telephone girls in New York are
| indignant and threaten 10 strike because the
general manager of the company has issued
| orders that they shall not attend the skating
| Kinks.
| The executive committee of the board
| OF United States commits i MRS OF the New
| Orleans exposition has presented a memorial
| to President Arthur asking for an additional
appropriation of $500 900
All the candidates named for governor
| Of Massachusetts, are millionaires. Oliver
Ames is worth $4,000, 600; John B. Alley,
100000; Congressman RusBell So, 900, 900;
and Cabot Lodge. s. 010, 900
A distinguished Socialist of Chicago
said that there were 1000 to 6,0JO An
archist5 in that city, These Anarchists
he averred, are not Socialists, but people
| who have broken up the Socialistic party
| there.
Among recent deaths are the following
| Judge Walker, of the Illinois supreme court
at Rushville; Samuel Powers, well know
| turfman, at Decatur, Ill; S. S. Merrill, gen
eral manager Of tine Chicago, Milwaukee
St Paul railroad, at Milwaukee
Richard Short, who stabbed Capt
Phelan in O'Donovan Ro.sa's office in New
York, was held in s., 900 bail until next Sat
|
covery that Phelan had revolver conceale;
in the bandages of his wounded arm.
| Clearing house receipts at the principa
cities of the United States last week show
decrease as compared with the correspond
ing week OF 1884 OF % Q per cent. The de
crease in New York was ST. per cent. Il
Chicago the decrease was 90 per cent
Eighteen hundred dollars worth OF
Strawberries have been raised on two and
half acres OF ground by farmer Of Della
ware township, Camden county, New Jer
sey, and be accordingly has received pre-
MUM from the stats board Of agricultlra
Three boilers in the starch works 0
}irmenich, Peoria, His, exploded Sunday
demoiishing the building. Some of tn
boilers were thrown quarter Of milk
Ephraim Doolttle Waterman, and Andre
t Dryer, tiremen, were in the building at til
time, and no trace of them can be found
Reports to S. w Tallmadge in regar
to tie area, condition aut prospects OF III
winter wheat crop throughout the Unite
States, show that the acreage sown is cor
siierably less than last year, and that til
condition OF the growing wheat is not up {
the standard, owing to the .everity OF IL
winter
In Chinese riot at Eureka, Cal
Friday night, white citizen was kille: by
: stray bullet and boy wounded. An sldis
nation meeting was held, after which a
Chinese houses were visited, the inmate
ordered to rack up their effects, and the
2 marched t. a large warehouse, whence the
: Wli be shipped II San Francisco.
+ The de mite announcement is made
Brr sal, that marrIsg has heen arran e
tetwear! The Princess Clementine daught,
t of King Leopold, of Belgium and Prime
:: Albert Victor, the elder son Of the Prin
of Wales Princes Ciementine was boz
July 81 1884, ani Prince Albert Victor HI
4 ust attained his majority.