The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-22
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

An autograph letter of Gen. George Wash.
ington was sold in New York Monday
FOR SIS.
Clarence II. Carpenter, of Providence, R.
l., has made an assignment, with liabilities
Of $4,000.
The Monona Lake Sunday School assem-
bly,, whose grounds are near Madison, Wis,
will meet July IS
The report of the contemplated resigna.
ton of Lord Selborne as lord chancellor of
England is denied.
Mr. Robert Bonner puts the probable limit
of trotting speed at 2:05 He thinks Maud
s. may trot between 2:07 and 2:OS
Isaac c. SLOVENIAN. Freeport Qll), pio-
neer, an uncle of ex- Governor Stoneman, Of
California, died suddenly Tuesday night.
The Freeport Journal intimates that Rep
resentative E. l. Cronkrite will be NOM
mated marshal for the northern district OF
Illinois.
Alex Hibbard, the young Milwaukeean
who swallowed a trade dollar two weeks
ago, has the coin in his stomach still, but is
in good health
A large portion of the foothill region Of
California is being devastated by such
swarms of grasshoppers that they threaten
to amount to nothing short of a plague.
By an explosion in a gasometer at St
Louis early Wednesday morning two mer
were killed and one fatally injured, the
head Of one of the victims being torn from
his body. ....
By nearly party vote-Rspublicans vot
ing no, and Democrats aye-the use Of
Representative hall at Springfield was re
fused Ex-Governor st. John for a lecture
next Monday evening
At the annual meeting of the Illinois Ma
sonic Benevolent society, held at Princeton
Wednesday, the proposed amendment to tn,
bylaws for q change in the plan Of assess
ments was defeated by vote of 700 to 800
The report of the operations of the Mime
apolis mills the past week shows the fou
output to have been 1872, $40 borrels, agains
1853, TIA barrels for the preceding week, anC
1903 900 barrels for the corresponding time il
1854.
Fire partially destroyed the Mon Bijol
palace at Berlin Wednesday The works o
art and valuable relics were saved, bu
many of them were damaged. Frederick
the Great once occupied the palace as a resi-
dence
At Brooklyn, Wednesday, James Haggar
was arrested, charged with aiding Odlum
who met his death by jumping from tn
bridge, in an act endangering his life, an
assisting in an outrage on public decency
Haggart is held without bail
). A five-hours battle between San Saliva
dor troops and the army of the revolution
lists under Menendez at the town of Al
menia, in San Salvador, Monday, resulte
in the rout OF the insurgents, who lost larg
quantities Of arms and ammunition. Man
prisoners were captured.
In the league games Wednesday Prov
dsnce defeated St Louis, 10 to 2, and Bui
falo beat Boston, 8 to 8. Clubs belonging t
the American association played the follow
ing games At Louisville Brooklyns /.
Louisville 4; at St Louis-St. Louis II
Metropolitans 2; at CINCINNATI Cincinna
|. Is, Baltimore 2; at Pittsburg -Pittsburg
Athletics s.
In conversation with Gan. Lieb and Con
missioner Black, Wednesday, Presider
Cleveland alluded to the unfriendly criticisr
lately INDUCED in by the German press
reference to his appointments. He said tbs
the administration had doubtless made
few mistakes, but the people ought to mai
allowance for the difficulties 1t had to col
tend with and exercise little patience.