The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-18
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Collector Carter, Of the Seventh Indiana
internal revenue district, has resigned.
1t is reported that President Andrew
White of Cornell college is about to resign.
The Delphos Ohio Paper company's mill
was closed, Tuesday. by the sheriff. The
liabilities ara understood to be heavy.
The Free Navigation League of Canada"
will be formed, the object being to relieve
Dominion water routes Of all taxation.
At Pekin, III, Tuesday afternoon two
elevators owned by c. R. Cummings and J.
Gill were burned Loss, sl1, 900; insurance
$1,000
Mrs. O. Dickerman of Rockford, Ills, has
become insane over the mind-cure treat
ment, and imagines herself the mother of
Christ.
Gen. Logan believes President Cleveland
q man of great force Of character, and be-
lieves he is trying to give the country a
good administration.
Mr.. Murray, the new superintendent Of
police of New York city, promises to break
up gambling, Sunday iquor-selling. and
street-walking in the metropolis.
Miss Clara Isabella Lyon, daughter of
Justice Lyon, Of the Wisconsin supreme
court, and Jay o. Hayes, a lawyer Of Ash
land, were married Tuesday at Madison.
Brooklyn is called the City of Churches,
yet Bishop Little john says the city has only
one church to every 2e24 inhabitants, less
than any other city in the United States
Edward Nichols, at one time a wealthy
business man Of Chicago and sentenced at
Rockford some time ago to two years in
Joliet prison, was pardoned Tuesday morn
ing by Governor Oglesby.
The iron industry in Michigan is in bad
| way. The strikes in the east have seriously
affected the market, large mines and fur
naces are closing down one after another,
and the outlook is on the whole adismal one
The annual meeting of the trustees of the
| Illinois Wesleyan university was held Tues
day at Bloomington. Favorable reports
were read, it being shown that receipts the
past year were in excess of those Of the pre-
ceding year.
Umpire John Valentine, whose resigna-
ton was accepted Tuesday by the president
of the American Base Ball association,
states that in several instances managers Of
| clubs sought to influsnce him to render de-
cisions in their favor
| Ex-Governor Cornell, OF New York, be.
lieves that the blowing of locomotive whis-
ties on the railways SO much at night is the
principal cause producing insomnia, and he
wants the legislature of that state g pass a
law against needless Lowing of whistles al
night.
| In the assembly, Tuesday, at Concord, n
! H., Henry W. Blair received l79 votes for
United States senator, and Charles Bingham
III, l vote being cast for William E. Chan.
dler. Mr. Blair was declared to be the
choice of the assembly. In the senate Bing
ham received votes and Blair Is.
League ball games, Tuesday, resulted
Chicago S, Detroit o; Providence 4, New
York 3; Buffalo 5, st. Louis O. Clubs be
longing to the American association played
the following games At Bsltimore-Balti
moro 9, Louisville 2; at Philsdslphia-Ath
letic IA, Pittsburg l. at Now York Cincin
matt 5, Metropolitan ten inningsl; a
Brooklyn-St Louis Ii, Brooklyn 4.
1t is stated that at the recent meeting o
white lead manufacturers at Niagara Fall
it was dscided to form subsidiary oil pool
which all the corroders must join, and tina
the penalties for cutting the card rates wer
made very heavy. This step was takel
to evads certain tricks of the trade" a
buyers of whits lead generally purchases
oil, and the dealers shading" Of the pric
of the latter amounted practically to q Gu
of the white lead card.