The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-06-16
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Senator Logan is to be banqueted by the
Logan Invincibles of Baltimore.
Senator John Sherman left Portland,
Ore, Saturday night, on his return home.
William Tinsley, one of the oldest archi-
tects in the United States died at Cincin-
natl Sunday.
Up to Sunday sos, 600 quarts of straw
berries have been shipped from Csntfalia,
Ills. about 1877 carloads
james Geer, of Champaign, an inmate OF
the insane asylum at Kankakee, HIS,
hanged himself in his cell
Mrs Rutter, wife of j. H. Ruttsr, late
president Of the New York Central railroad
company, died Saturday night
President Cleveland has appointed Thomas
Curtin, of Buffalo, N. Y, chief OF secret
service, in place OF Col Brooks.
At Burlington, l wa, Saturday evening
Horace Rand was married to Ruth Gear,
daughter of Ex-Governor John Il Gear
Princess Beatrice is two inches taller than
the queen, with form so perfect that 1t is
| said art can add no beauty to its outline.
Francis Murphy spoke to the PitBburg
strikers the other day and said if they must
| strike let it he against strong drink and bad
| company.
A Wilkssbarre, Pa, woman fen off q
chair and broke three ribs and a collar-bone
while trying to hang a neighbours cat for
| eating her chickens.
| The strike of the glass workers at Sharps
burg, Pa, has collapsed, and the men will
resume work at the reduction. The strug.
| gle lasted six months.
Mrs. William H. Dieboldt, living near
Pittpburg jumped into the Ohio river with
her 4 months-old babe in her arms Sunday
and both were drowned
There will be no funds for the payment Of
the United States marshals available unit
July l. The newly appointed are eager *
take the oath of Office on this account
tattle is believed to be imminent be
tween the Ninety-first battalion, of Winni
peg, and the Indians, who are massing at
1 point 200 miles from Fort Qu'Appelle
At Carbondale, Penn, George Cuff. an
noyed at a hantering remark made by Rich
ard Duffy, with whom he had been drinking
beer and playing cards. shot and instantly
killed him. Cuff is in Jail.
1t is reported that Charles Francis Adam
has been for some time complete imbecil
from softening of the brain He will be Z
years old next August His father, Johl
Quincy Adams, died in hi, Slst year.
, Recently the husband of Mrs. Mary Krech
ner, of Erie, Pa. met violent death III
hearse conveying the body to the cemeter
ran over and killed her only child Ste wa
about returning to her father in German
when she received news of his death b
drowning Sunday she committed suicide
The south-b bound Chicago, Burlington
Quincy passenger train, on the Charlton
lndianola branch, went through a cattle
, hguard half a mile north of Aokwortl
= Iowa, Saturday. State Auditor Brown, VIII
} was on the train, had rib fractured, an
5 Mrs. Albright, of Ford, is reported fatal
injured.
: The Earl of Derby, the colonial ministe
in the cabinet of Mr.. Gladstone, in a
official communication to the governmer
of the Cape Colony, has intimatsd his a.
,roval of the action of Gen. Sir Charl,
Warren in the annexation of Bechuenalant
This expansion of the Cape Colony excit
an interest in England that is subordina
. only to the resignation of the GladstoI
: cabinet
National league clubs played the follow
: ing games Saturday: At Chicago-C
9 cago II, Detroit 3; at Providence-Ph
a adelphia Z, Providence A; at Boston-Ne
York Z, Boston 8; at St. Louis-St Lou
6, Buffalo q Clubs Of the American ass
: citation played the following games: At Bt
i timore-B Baltimore IL, Pittsburg 10 ttwsi
!, innings at Philadelphia Athletics
r Louisville 2; at Brooklyn-Brooklyn
: Cincinnati 8; at New ork-Mstropolita
" 8, St Louis z
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