The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-04
THE News IN BRIEF.

T. D. Sullivan, Dublin's new lord mayor,
was formally installed in Office Friday.
Louisiana's sugar crop is larger by Is per
cent than the average of previous years.
Fire swept away Maurer's Touring mill at
Tallmadge, Ohio, the loss being az, 900,
with insurance of SIS, $50
DR.. William A. Hammond, of New York,
predicts that at the end of 1000 years men
will have no hair on their heads
Mr.. Blaine's book, Twenty Years in Con-
gress," is practically complete, and will be
issued toward the end of January.
In New York, during 1885, 4,372 persons
were arrested. In the same period there
were 9, rs fire alarms and 2, All fires
There are 43, $50 private dwellings in Bos-
ton, and only two are assessed at over So N,
900. There are IS hotels and IFS family
hotels
Enough of men have accepted the firms
offer of 10 per cent advance work will be
confined in the Edgar Thompson Steel works
at Braddock, Pa.
By the annexation of Burmah to the Brit
ish empire England cedes to China part of
upper III W lhdht tuc Shluccc
and Indian frontiers contiguous
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, is
trying to buy the Gastein domain, including
the hot springs and Badescloss hotel, the an
nual residence of Emperor William, Of Ger
many.
A boats crew of a whaling schooner
owned at New Bedford, Mass, were pulled
to the bottom by a whale near the Cape
Verd islands Nov. 20 last, and no trace OF
boat or men was ever discovered.
The president has finally determined to
appoint a successor to Judge Advocate Cen
eral Swain, suspended Horatio King and
Col. Elwell s. Otis, Twentieth infantry, are
mentioned as most likely to secure the nonl-
nation
Roger Clough, married man in the en-
ploy of the Manchester Repeating Arm:
company, at New Haven, Conn, has ap
onaled to the police for protection against
Mary Adams, pretty blonde in the sam
office, vino is trying to steal his affections
tom his wife.
The Cherokee Indians are said to be eX
cited over the project looking to the open
ing of their country to white settlement, ana
the allotment OF lands among the Indians
| They they possess the lands in fee sim
pie, and cannot be deprived of them, except
| by legislation in the council of the Nation
Mr.. Bran Stoker, who accompanied
Henry Irving on his American tour, is nov
lecturing in England, giving his imp ,essioni
Of the Yankees. He says it seemed to hin
as if the gentlemen in America, as theil
text of social law and attention to the ladi S
had taken the best page of an old work OF
chivalry
The Cleveland Akron, & Columbus rail
road has passed from the hands of the re
ceiver into the possession of the newly or
ganized company, which filed articles of in
corporation Thursday at Columbus, tixine
the capital stock at 100000. Directors an6
officers were chosen, n. Monsatratt beins
elected president and general manager
Within few days marked change ha
| been noted in the habits and demeanor o
| John L. Sullivan, the pIgiiist, who, it i
| said, has given up drinking and becomes
| reticent when priAe-ring matters are beins
| talked Of He has made overtures and be
come reconcled with certain of his enc
mics. and surprised many of his friend:
Thursday night by presenting them witt
watches. chains and other tokens of his re
| gard.