The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-24
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The queen has asked that Oliver Wendell
Holmes lie presented to her.
Two warehouses on Quebec pier at Supe-
rior, Wis, were burned Friday, causing a
loss pr s2o,00o.
"Capper' Shaw, notorious criminal,
made his escape Friday from the garden of
the Joliet penitentiary.
Roy Barnes 10 years old, the son Of a
physian at Marion, Ind, is in Jail at Mier,
Ind, for horse stealing.
Horace Groeley's memory will be honored
in New York on Memorial Day by Horace
Greeley Post, g. A. r.
A Denver man paid ST. 40 for three boxes
of unclaimed freight, and found in one OF
them brick of solid gold worth $4,000
Business failures in the United States and
Canada for the week number 1G7, against
l76 last week, and l.r2 the previous week
Dr. bio Lewis died at his home in Yonk-
ers, N. ", Friday morning at s o'clock,
after an illness of two or three days, from
erysipelas
The total imports of dry goods at New
York during the last week were valued al
81 ,33jj;3', i;3 and the amount thrown on the
marked at 81, 2SS, s45
Abraham Lincoln was nominated for
president by the Chicago convention
twenty six years ago last Tuesday and Gen
Grant was nominated for the first tern
eighteen years ago Friday.
A boat containing Sam johnson, his
wife, daughter, W. Hail. and two negroes
struck a rock near knoxyi lille, Tenn, Fri
day morning and sunk. johnson escaped
but the Others were drowned,
congress has removed the charge OF de
seriion from the record of "Franklin Thomp
son, alias IS. (. h. Seelye," the woman
who served as a soldier in Michigan regi
ment for two years during the war.
The president has approved the bin pro
| viding for the study of the nature of ALEC
| holic drinks and narcotics AMI their effects
| to be pursued in the public schools of tn
| District of Columbia, the territories etc.
Mrs Elizabeth Coons has been granted ,
| license as captain of steamboat by tn,
| New York inspectors She is the secon(
woman in the country allowed to officially
act as captain on boat, though many hav'
ruled by proxy.
In a quarrel over step-ladder at Appl
| Grove, W Va, James Guerrin aged ~
| crashed in the head of Mrs, Thomas hi
aunt, with "a stone, and the young murdere
was then riddied with shot by his cousin
| eliza Thomas, daughter of Guerrin'
| victim.
| Andrew J. Virgins aged 80, while walk
ing with his pretty wife in Springfield
Mass, Friday, suddenly drew u pistol an
| tired three shots at her, intiicting dangerou
wounds Virgins fled, and upon being pun
sued by a mob. placed the revolver to hi
temple and shot himself dead
A monster theatre party of 400 student
from COLUMBIA college will attend tn
Standard theatre, New York, newt Frida
night to see "A Tia Soldier" The theatr
will he decorated for the OCCASION, AID tn
girls on the stage will wear ribbons Of blu
| aud white in honor of the audience.
A special passenger thrain was in co
lision on the Cimarron river bridge, 8
Sringer, n. NJ, Friday evening, with CA
tie train Three stockmen We're lrobabi
fatally wounded, and IA number OF passeI
gers were badly bruised or cut The pas
enger engine and two cars of the freigl
train were completely wrected
The judiciary committee of The Chicag
council gave considerable time to the claim
of Rosenfeld and Weiskolf for about IS
suffered by the wrecking of Cent
avenue drug store by mob. Tho conclI
sion was reached that the city was limite
to appropriations for corporate purposes, a
though the claims have merit
Ease ball games Friday-National leagu
At Ch.caeo Philadelphia =, Chicago .; ;
Detroit Washington ), Detroit 6; at S
Louis-New YORK :, st Louis / at kans.
City Boston $, Kansas City ten inning
American association: At Philajelphia-
Athletic e, Louisville !: at Baltimore-Ci
cinnau 6, Baltimore ten innings;
rooklyn-Pittsburg 6, Brooklyn !,
Staten Metropolitan l, St Louis