The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-08-04
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

h1-Mlnlster OF France, the Hon. Levi P
Morton, with bis family, arrived in New
York Sunday.
The house which Lieut. Grant occu-
pied in Detroit years ago is to be preserved
as public monument
1t Is considered probable tina: the ex-Eu-
press Eugene will leave the bulk of her
fortune t. the Princes Beatrice.
L D. Munger, Of Detroit, at Bo.ton beat
the bicycle road record of 207]6 miles
making 24l]1 miles in twenty-four Hours.
Louise De La Rance t"Ouida1. whose
reaI name is Mary Jane Stubs, although
nearly % years old is about to be married
Attorney General Garland has given an
opinion that under the law Indians have no
authority to lease their lands to cattlemsn.
Sarah Althea Hill-Sharon will enter the
lecture held TO obtain funds to prosecute
her suit against ex-senator Sharon, of Ne
vada
All the miners, 1000 in number, in the
Massliion and Tuscsrawas valley, Ohio,
struck against reduction of Is per cent in
wages.
Twenty masked men made an attack ON
the jail at Monticello, Ga, and SHOT and
Killed Jack Hopkins, held for the 1nurler If
George Gilmore, wealthy planter.
The steamer C. o. Kelly was burned to
the waters edge at Lower Town wharf,
Pembroke, Ont. Four sailors were burned
to death. The loss on the boat amounts to
So, 600
Near Lampasas, Tex, the discovery has
been made OF large and apparently mex
haustible bed of Lituminous coal, the oual
lty Icing equal if not superior to the Indian
territory article.
A. L. Talbert and W. ". Smith made
balloon as ensi0n from South End, a suberb
OF Chicago. When over 1000 feet up the
balloons collapsed. Talbert received serious
injuries to his spine and Smith escaped with
a broken ankle.
Since the outbreak of cholera in Spain
there have been &c, 937 cases. The number
reported Saturday was 3,466, and deaths
1872 United States Consul Mason reports
that several deaths from cholera occurred
in Marseilles during the past week
London dispatches state that Lord Chief
Justice Coleridge is about to marry an
American lady, whom he first met on the
steamer on which he returned from the
United States, aad who threatened to bring
an action of breach Of promise if be did not
marry her.
President Cleveland has extended special
invitation to ex-Presidents Hayes and
Arthur to attend the funeral of Gen Grant
AT the memorial services at Augusta Me-,
Mr.. Blaine will deliver the address. Gov
ernor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, has sued
proclamation appointing Aug. as a legal
holiday.
Stanley Huntley's first newspaper work
was to report meeting of the Farmers
club for The New York Tribune. He wrote
sarcastic article, poking fun at the chair
man and dwelling upon the hayseed in that
worthy's hair. Horace Greeley was the
chairman, and Stanley started west next
m morning.
Seven bridges on Rock creek, Wisconsin.
we're swept away by heavy food A wind
storm at Mitchell, D. T., wrecked Koch's
new opera house. Elias Hapley was killed
by lightning at Charlotte, Mich Warren
White, at Carson, Iowa, and w. 7. Whip
pie at Waterloo, Iowa. The Green Valley
church, near Clinton, Ills, was demolished
by storm. Serious damage to property
at Helena Ark, and at Galena, IIlS, is
also reported
In the National league base ball games
Saturday the following were the SCORES:
New York Z, Chicago 6; Providence 4, De-
troit /; Philadelphia ., Buffalo 4 In the
American ass citation the scores were:
Louisville Z, Pittsburg 5; Cincinnati H. st.
Louis 0; Metropolitan 5, Brooklyn l. The
schedule for the last week stn gives Chi
csgo the lead. with New York second and
Providence third. In the American asso-
citation ST. Loui, is first, Cincinnati and
Louisville tie for second, and Pittsburg
th ird