The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-09-02
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Professor George F. Moore, d. D. of An.
dover, has declined the presidency Of Mari
eta Ohio college.
Since the outbreak of cholera in Spain
$3.50 persons have been attacked by tn,
cholera, and s2.ol6 have died.
The southeiners are happy because their
crops are bigger than last years., while the
mortgages on them are So, 100000 lighter.
Ira Wilde, of Dayton, Ohio recently dis
covered at G. A. r. reunion at Springfield
daughter that has been lost to.him fol-
thirty years.
The statue of Daniel Webster presented
to the state of New Hampshire by the Hon.
P. B. Cheney, will be dedicated at Concord,
Ju o u, 1886
Frank James, mere shadow OF his for
mer self, is now slowly dying of consump-
tioa on his father-in-lHw's farm, near Ind,-
pendenoe, Mo-
A severe haistorm visited the southern
part of O>wego county and the northern
part of Onoudaga county, N. Y, Sunday
afternoon, doing damage estimated at over
sl00,0 600
helne mans elevator at Macon, Ill.,, with
four cars OF coal, 5000 bushels of corn. and
10000 bushels of oats, was burned Monday
morning, the loss reaching $4,000. with
81, 900 insurance
{. Am Ende, Hoboken druggist, who,
Sunday night gave fatal doses of morphine
instead of quinine to the Misses Holz. before
being arrested, Monday evening, took poison,
and is beyond recovery
| The order of Ciucnuatus will give a
! grand pageant in Cincinnati on thu 10th of
this month. The subject Of illu ,trqtinn will
be La Mancha's famous knight of sorro wful
| countonance, Don Quxate."
A Japanese dancing master announces in
tie Yeldo papers a +, lemn festival in COM
memorItlon uf the t .lsandth anniversary
of the Heath OF his at<e,tOr; who was the
first of his family to take up the profession
League games Moniay resulted: Chicago
10; Detroit, G. New York, 5; Philadelphia,
| l. Bo ton, q; Providence l. The following
game' were payel by club of the Ameri-
can association: AT Nv York--Athletics,
| 4; Metropolitaus, I. At Baltimore Brook
! lyns, d; Baltimore, l.
Jana L. and Syphon, gets, respectively OF
Hambletonian Aambrino and Atamont,
trotted at Portlanl, Ore, Monday, for a
purse of 5000. Jane l. won the match,
takin, the first, third and fourth heats, and
over 100000 changed hands on TIE result
Tho LEST time was 2:3lX.
The Hon. john L Russell Secretary of
the Ma achu~etS board of agriculture, re-
fused to pra ide over the democratic state
convtali N as, having been appointed to his
position without regard for politics, il
would not be an example of the true
principle of civil service rsform."
DIR. Mortimer REGARD III Venezuela, who
has contract with his governments for sup.
plying all the Venezuelan posts with coal,
has taken up has res idence in Washington.
His contract covers about 100, 900 tons an
nually. and be is about to ship American in.
stead of Eng ism coal, n heretofore
The report of the Chicago &; Northwest
srn railway for the year en!sd June 80 last
shows that 1t earned So, 5a3 46), while the
opera ,ins; expense reachel SIS Isl, 3..12
Attnr tie payment oi rrntals interest, div
denls, amounting to $3,9Si 34S etc, the
balance for the yoar sSgre ga es $6l2, 81
The Scientific American C. utain a WOO
cut If ii noT e sad 81 he tie strongest in the
world. 1t il OF a BsigItn breed, $ about IL
iest nigh and wel-b SO pounds. 1t is &
clums ..nk MI un with small head
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