The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The czar OF Russia has been again warn,

| The czar OF Russia has been again warnet
OF Nihilistic designs upon his life
Mr.. Robert M. McLane, United State
minister to France, is in poor health
The Mackin case will not be argued befor
the United States supreme court until tht
first Monday in March
| In the bicycle contest which began Mon
| day at Minneapolis, MINI, " oodside broE,
all records from 81 10 l75 miles
Henry Ward Beecher is said to have giyeI
| $o,Vv OF his last years salary for the main
| tenanee OF the Plymouth church choir
| Earthquake shocks were felt Sunday
| night ani Monday morning in Ulster
| treene, and Dutches counties, New York
The New York Produce Exchange place,
| the visible supply oi wheat and corn at, re
| spectveD, 53,ed9, IA and SIS sl2 bushel.
In escaping from burning stable al
Council Bluffs, Iowa, Tuesday evening. five
firenen were dangerously barnei, and it is
believed that ono Of The men can not re.
cover
Lawrence fo.rer, of Toledo. Ohio, has sked
the court u grant ham divorce 50 that hi.
wife may marry her step-son, with whom
she has fallen in love since she came into
the family
Nine iatii, at ianna, received on the
stage Christmas gift in tie form of tree,
the branches of viii h We're interlacai with
golden chain each link Of which bore in
diamonds the name Of the opera in which
The prima donna had appeared
Jacob lot .enheiser, who reside in Ches
ter township, Indiana, was, with his wife
and dau.s htef, fo!soaed Monday night by
eating sansas=, over ~hi Ii unknown person.
had sprinkied rough on rats fotzen
helser and lis daughter are seriously i'll, bu,
his wife has recuyerel
Adam Liniennes er, al inmate of the in
SANE asy luli al haukakee, Ills, attacked his
Keeper Tuesday morning, knocked him
sehseiess, and eheclei an escape from tn,
Institution. Linienlheyer was sent to the
asy iuih from Joliet prison. where he was
serving term for burglary
Is. /. o. Hubbard. the dsfaulting cashier
OF the Monmouth National bank. recently
convicted and sentenced to eight years i'm
prlsohnlent Ia the state penitentiary was
taken to Joliet Tuesday He accuses several
Of the prominent directors of the bank of
being implicated in his crime
Senator Ramsey, of Minnesota. several
years ago gave has wife tie choice between
a block lot in Minneapolis or nice new
bonnet Disrega ding the traditions Of her
sex she took the lot AMI recently sold it foI
ssOOO The present value of the hat she
had III mind at the time is not known.
A number of negroes from Greenyille. $.
C., are said to be forcibly detained at the
turpentine manufactures of Briddick &
Bridges in Montgomery county, Georgia
where they can earn but Is cents Der day,
Some of The men tried to escape, but we're
pursued by an armed hand and compelled to
return.
A portion of Stockton. Cal, was flooded
Sunday by an overflow Of the St joaquin
river. The Mos wheat tract, 5000 acres, |
was submerged, AMI the breaking of leves
placed IL, % additional acres Of wheat and
orchards under water, the loss being pla go
at s425,VJA Other breaks in the Roberts
Island leveeS are threatened.
A Chinese merchant at Apia, Samoa |
makes affidavit that United States Consul |
Greenbaum endeavored to get his consent tc
a scheme to bring Chinese to Samoa, and |
there furnish them with certificates on |
which they could land in the United States |
The 500 to be charged each Chinaman was |
to he divided equally between Greenbaum
and the merchant