The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-13
THE NEWS IN aRlsr.

Auanta has raised $4,000 for the erec-
Gon Oh a building for the Young Mems
Christian association.
George Gregory fell forty feet Thursday
~ uaiena, His, but, anghting on his feet,
sustained no injuries -
Sergt. Mason, who attempted TO shoe.
dulteau, is in jail on charge of having
robbed fellow soldier
Teresina Tua, the violinist. is onIv 10
years old, and is under a two wears, con-
cert engagement at $50, 900 year.
james Gordon Benefits yacht now build.
ing Is 10 Dc the largest sloop-rigged vessel in
the world. 1t is to be christened the @Pris-
ella"
A four-day trotting meeting will be given
by the Pittsburg Driving Park association
beginning July IA, the purses for which 40.
gregate Sl6,O
Zen. Grant has accepted an invitation to
occupy the cottage of his friend Mr.. Drexel.
at Mount McGregor, near Saratoga. He
will start June 90.
1t Is stated that the Hon. Lucian B
Croker, collector of internal revenue for
the Aurora Qlls.) district, will be succeeded
by the Hon James Harrington, of Kane
county
The New Hampshire legislature Thursday
morning elected A b. Thompson, secretary
OF state; John B. Clarke, state printer T.:
Solon A. Carter, state treasurer, and Frank
+. Brown, commissary general
A number of horses have died at ST Louis
from what is supposed to be spinal menin-
gltis, and It Is feared that an epidemic will
result Seventeen animals are sick in one
stable with sy mptoms of pleuro pneumonia
/ Late Wednesday night II. r. Creighton,
president of the Union Loan and Trust asso-
citation, of Des Moines, made an assignment,
his liabilities footing up $44, 100, 81, 500 of
which is due to the Chicago Lumber com.
pany.
| The principal hotel at Sheboygan, Wis,
the Park house, was burned at an early
hour Thursday morning, causing a loss OF
S@oOoo. Otto Puthman, mayor of Plymouth,
was badly but not fatally hurt by jumping
from window.
| The tunnel on the Cincinnati Southern
road, 100 miles above Chattanooga, Tenn,
collapsed Thursday night as construction
train was passing through. Six men are re-
ported killed and twenty others seriously il
not fatally injured.
A meeting of the Woman's Christian unior
of Lafayette, Ind, petition President Cleve-
land and Secretary Manning to remove
Third Auditor Williams from Office. 1t il
stated that Williams has offered to retrac
his statements about Mrs Gouger if sh'
will withdraw her offer to pay 500 to hav,
Williams publicly whipped.
Mrs. Emily H. Tubman, one of the oldes
and wealthiest residents of Augusta Ga.
died Tuesday, aged 81 years. She was tn
ward and personal friend of Henry Clay
and assisted at the welcome to Lafayette ii
| Augusta. She was Il very remarkaol
woman, and gave over $4,000 year t
churches and charity
New York defeated the Providence clui
Thursday to s. and Boston beat Phila
delphia , to l. The Indianapolis club van
quished the st. Louis league team IL TO
Games were played as follows by America
association clubs: At New York-St Loui
Z, Metropolltans 2; at Philadelphia-Atf
letlc q, Loui vile 5; at Baltimore Pitt
burg L. Baltimore S; at Brooklyn-BrooL
Ign g. Cincinnati A; at Indianapolis III
dianapois, II, st Louis l.