The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-22
NEWS IN BRIEF.

1t is thought very stringent anti butter
inc bill will pass in congress
Secretary Lamar has returned from his
southern trip improved in health.
The Calumet Iron and Steel company has
agreed to discharge its non union employees
The presence of chinch bugs in large num-
| bers along the 0kaw river in Illinois is re-
ported
Alfred Orendorf is being pushed by his
friends for Oberlys old place as inspector
of Indian schools
Stafford & Sargent, dealers in hides and
leather at Boston, made an assignment Tues
day, owing $4,000
A jury has at last been selected at Wauke-
gan in the Mooney murder case, after :, 255
| names had been drawn.
The Oshkosh Wisconsin Mutual Insur-
ance company with capital of $50, 600
was Incorporated Monday evening
The Connellsville (Pa.l coke syndicate
| will, on May /, advance the wages of their
1000 miners and coke drawers 5 to 10 Der
| cent
There is boom" in the domestic glass
ware trade at Pittsburg The factories are
running full time, and prices have advanced
per cent
Charles K. Croker, the California mil
ionaire, was probably fatally injured in
New York city Tuesday by being thrown
from his carriage
At Montreal ,422 families, embracing
20,G0J persons, have been driven from their
homes by the food The loss to property is
estimated at 81, 10000
Among the nominations confirmed by the
| senate, Tuesday, was that of zachariah
Montgomery, to be assistant attorney gen
eral for the interior department.
An open switch wrecked freight train
| near Harmaryiile, Pa, Tuesday morning
engine and ears tumbling over an embank-
rnent Three men We're fatally injured
Arguments In the case of Milton Weston,
who petitions for a pardon, were heard
Tuesday at Harrisburg, Pa, but the board
reserved its decision until the May meet
ing.
Washington T. Porter an attorney and
secretary of the Cincinnati Bar association,
was expelled from that bo1y Tuesday night
for seeking the nomination for Judge
ship.
Herbert Gladstone son of the premier,
in speech Tues lay evening said that "the
government would hold fast to its present
Irish policy, and would secure victory
whether 1T required six months or six
years"
FIFTY followers of powerful Burmese
prince set fire to Mandalay, the capital, in
several places, early Monday morning, and
third of the walled city was ruined
The treasury, posto.hce, and other buildings
within the palace inclosure were destroyed
Mrs Frank Scroggy attempted TO poison
| herself and husband at Waterloo, Iowa,
Tuesday morning, by placing laudanum in
the coffee. After breakfast she informed
her husband OF what she had done, and the
| administration OF antidotes prevented fatal
| effects
By order of the bank examiner the City
National Bank of Wiliamsport, Pa, was
| closed Tuesday morning. 1t is stated that
| the bank was robbed i've years ago of S3S,-
600, but that the matter was kept quiet by
the officers and that some of the directors
were only informed OF the affair within a
| year
To strengthen the hands of Messrs Glad
stone and Parnell, the executive of the Irish
| National league of America calls upon the
various branches to organize citizens meet
ings, secure the presence of representative
men, and procure the passage of resolutions
commencing the home rule and land pur-