The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-04-21
TIE NEWS IN BRlEF.

| Dan Mace, the famous driver of trotting |
horses, died Sunday at his residence in New |
! York.
Tie Skeleton OF an infant packed in salt, |
was found in the house Of Kate Dubby at |
Decatur, Ills.
The cotton mills at Wilmington, n c.,
will smut down for sixty days owing to the
depression in the trade.
Rabti David Stern, of New York, COM
mittei suicide at the Wyoming Valley
hotel, Wiike,barre, Pa
, Fire Saturday night destroyed the Niles,
Ohio, Falcon Iron and Nail works. Loss,
| $50 900; insurance, $40 900.
Although Bismarck is so devoted to the
home Industries of Germany, it is said that
for twelve years he has had all his clothes
made in Vienna,
The states of Maryland, Alabama, Arkan-
sas,. Delaware Georgia, Maine, New Hamp-
shire, New Jersey, Oregon, and West Vim
gina have never had lieutenant governors
The governor Of Louisiana has issued a
proclamation Of quarantine against the lead
ing ports of Mexico, Central, and South
America, and the West Indian islands, to
take effect May 10.
William Haas, of Chicago, a butcher, %
years old, shot aud killed Annie Hubert,
10 years old who la rejected propo al Of
marriage. He afterward triol Go kill him
self, but unfortunately failed
-Four persons lost their lives Sunday fore
noon in u burning building on farm near
ReaIing. Pa 1t is thought the fire was of
iucendiary origin, and man suspected of
the crime has been locked up.
President Cleveland is said to be some
what embarrassed by the pressure from prli-
ticians in the older states to secure Judicial
| positions or land offices in the territories, i'll
defiance of the principle of home rule.
In the last mns months for which the re-
! ports of immigration have been collected, rs
compared with the corresponding period
last year. the total number of immigrants
has decreased $4,000. There was falling
off Of 81, 0J0 from Germany, while the only
increase was from lreland-30O
Charles Fl. Rugg the negro murderer in
n the New York Jail, has been resentenced,
and is to be hanged May Is. Rugg is q
double murderer, since Mrs. Amelia W.
- Townsend, whom he assaulted when he
escaped from jail Jan. :, 1884, died last
liday from the injuries then sustained.
Sevon New York politicians are anxious &c
succeed Sunset Cox i'll congress. They are
Senator Campbell of Irving hall; ex-Ssna-
Tor Grady, E!wnrl McCue, of Tammany
lpll; ex-AiIerman Fitzpatrick and Charles
=. Reilly, county Democrat; ex-Aldermat
% ...ia,Is, o. Tammany, and ox-A,somblymGl
20. Br7dsky.
1t is estimated that there are go on
Mrhammeians In the world, of whom 5000,
'pJ are in southeastern Europe and 2J,00l,
600 in Asatic Turkey, $500, 900 in Persia
% 00J, 600 in Arabia and Central Asia, an,
G., 900, 900 in Hindostan. Considerable NOR
ch t...ln half of them are in Asia, and the re
he rlainler in Africa, except the G,OO, 900 i
.css European Turkey.
,cr The commissioner OF agriculture, havin
&c. had his attention directed to the fact tina
. various states and territories have prt
hist 4 the introduction of Texas cattle he
cause of the alleged danger that they wi
communicate fatal disease to the natiV
cattle of such states and territories has r.
ouastsd tine Texas cattlemen to forward hi
- reliable information on the subject.
Mir. Burchard, director of the mint, in b
y rep ,rt on the production of gold and silvt
n II the United States for 1884 makes an est
v mate as follows: Gold, So, 800, 900; silve
If SIS. sJ0, 600; total, $40 900. This SHOW
10 an increase over the previous year of $500
u COO lii gold and So 400, 900 in silver. FIT,
" three ncoruorated companies working go
md silver mines paid dividends during Il
welye months of 81, so, 79S.