The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-03-11
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Green peas are selling for 81 peck al
Jacksonville. Fla.
In Kingston, n Y, frost was discovered
in the ground at depth of six feet
Robert c. Winthrop is able to be out of
doors again, and hopes to regain his health
President Cleveland will be As years old
March IS, just two wees from his inau
guration.
Vice President John ". Sterling, of the
Wisconsin state university, expired suddenly
Monday morning,
Governor Pierce, of Dakota, has vetoe !
the capt. l removal bill, and its passage over
the veto is not expected
The charter Of the Merchants National
bank of Galena, Ills, has Leen renewed, the
limitation being placed a. March :, 1895
Col Nelson II. Davi5. who is now located
i'll Chicago, will succeed the lac Gen.
Sacket as senior inspector general of the
army.
The water is three feet deep in the streets
Of Alexandria, iowa, an the people have
taken refuge in the upper stories of their
houses
T. s. Arthur, who liei Friday at thu age
ance, and tho au!hor C Ten Nights in a
Bay-room"
The average age OF Cleysiands cabinet is
SO years. The limit il the line of ages is
made by Lamar aul Villas the former is
nearly Co. the latter a.
Two valuable tin .nirc are reported to be
i'll successful operation in West Virginia,
one near Huntington, IN Caball county, aud
the other few miles from Grantsyille, in
Calhoun county.
An Old Ninceland, n j., weather prophet
forecasts "a snowstorm in Marchdeeper than
any ", have had yet this season, and accom-
panied by heavy wnl There Will also be
two sIoHstorms In Auri.'
Mrs Eurtan wife Of tho well known tray
eer. has always ayrrred that since England
took thu koh i-nopr diamond, proverbial fol
tie III iu K it bring uo1ung but disaster
| has attended ali c,n-arn.ms British India.
C. +. Bigsin and vie were found Mon.
day evening dead ia bel at their home il
I4ovington, HIS, with revolver lying be-
tween them and bule; holes in their head J.
The presumption is that Riggin first shot
his wife and tbon killed himself, the tragedy
| having been probably enacted during Sun
day night
Before rolnquishing his prisoner, the CHIEF
| of police of New Orleans demands the re-
ward offered by the Adrian (Mich.) author
tiles for the ares o! ex-Maycr Navin. The
| requisitiCn papers for the rotusn of the fugi
| tive have been sign Il b, the governor OF
| Louisiana, but ualess q reward is forShcom-
| ing the police may let tie prisoner sliI
through their fingers.
During 1851 the gross earnings Of the
| Chicago, Milwaukee & st Paul road were
$23 $40, 99S, and the gross expenses Sl3 $50,
| CPS The bonded debt OF the line is 800,
| 25l 900, and the total stock amounts to AZ,
| AZ, PA The company operates .S94 miles
no part OF which is held upon leases, and
| constructed but forty-four mics OF new
| track last year. Comparatively the gros'
| earnings show a falling OF OF $1oS, S25.
Near Boni'5 mills, Wise county, Va, Mary
| Reynolds, "a rustic beauty, eloped with ant
married James Henton, greatly to the cha
| grin Of one Mitchell, who was Henton's rive
for the girls hani. The young couple at
| tended a spelling bee few nights later, bui
never returned to their home, and after 6
search both their dead bodies were found.
| Both had been shot, after which the assassin
disfgurei their faces by tearing off the
| flesh Mitchell has disappeared, and il
found VIII be surely lynchei.