The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-13
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The British government has ordered the
construction OF six new cruisers.
The National Base Ball league voted
to admit the Lucas club, of st. Louis
Dan Holconib was acquitted, at jack
son. Mich, Saturday of the Crouch ulurier
A New Haven oysterman found an old
rubber boot upon wAica were $500 young
oysters
Henry Iryings name is Broadrib. and
be always uses That III his private cores
pondence
Gen. b. F. Butler has brought suit
against The Boston Herald fer attaesing his
war record.
A corporation known as the Congo
company has beea formed in London with
capital OF s23,50,oo
A crank sent a letter to Pres dent
Arthur warning him that LIE is t. come 70
'an natimsly enl Jan. 49,"
The Packer collierics, Shenandoah, Pa,
ami TIE Centennial coa.ery, at Centralia,
employing 1870 men, have shut down
Duncan C. Ross. the athlete, has given
up the ,aloon business at Cleveland, and
will enter theological seminary at Toronto.
NJ. ii. De Young, who was shot by
Adoiph Spreckels i'll Tie San Francisco
Chronicle office, now attends regularly to
business.
The Louisville & Nashville freight and
passenger depotS at Nashville, all the freight,
loo loaded cars, and Linck's Lotal was burned,
causing loss of s175 90.
The sale Of The Wall Street News has
been prohibited On the New York elevated
railroad because OF the dissemination of false
news affecting the stock market
The Anglo, French engineer commits
sion has decided 10 give the Suez canal
breath OF 220 feet and depth of Y feet.
The cost of the Improvement IS estimated at
S40. 900. 900
By the explosion of her boiler the steam
tug Nike Dougherty was totally demolished
near Elizabeth, Pa. Sunday Two of the
crew were killed, and the captain and two
Others injured.
1t is reported that Gen Grant Is suffer.
ing from can, er OF the .ue. His physi-
clans, however, decline to say that the case
is one of cancer, an under Treatment swell
ing on the lack OF the ton -ue has gone
down.
In recent letter to a well known
Toronton.an from friend ie7idmg a few
miles from L Angeles, Cal. it is said: at
took four OF the largest steam thEashers four
| and half months to thra h tie grain on his
| farm"
Mark Twain travels dually in palace
cars, claiming one seat i'll tile smoking apart
ment, where he issues volumes OF snok
| from his briarwood and another seat In the
saloon where lie can retksto get rid of til
| smoke he has raised.
| The German reichstag granted, at the
| solicitation Of Bismark and after a heated
| discuss on, an appropriation Of SIS 90 for
the construction Of coasting steamers to be
sent to CAMERON, Africa, to qGell dstub-
ances by the natives
The Masonic fraternity not having been
| invited 10 take formal p4ri ia the ieiica-
ton cerem mes OF the " ashington m1nu-
ment, except to appear in the street parade,
is showing some feeling in the matter and
has notiiiei Senator Sherman that II will
not participate in the parade.
Failures reported are: T. P. Joseph &
Co, dry goods and notions, Lincoln, His
| Conkling 4 Foster. furniture dealers and
undertakers, ard Ben Farmer, boots and
shoes, 10th Of Adrian, Ach the Farmers
! bank at Elizabethtown. Pa Scairett Car
| Co, tags, pipes, etc, Philadelphia. and
Lomer, Alexander q Co, phosphate mer.
chants Montreal