The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-03-27
TIE NEWS IN Brief.

The question on the motion cen uriu- the
Can dian government for han siug Ri i was
taken At IA early hour, Thu lay mornin /,
the so,ernmert being sustained by ma,
jo-it o 81
Th9 Incorporation articles OF the Mime
sotatl u Northwestern railway wore p'acel
on file Thursday, in the cir. Git court If
freeport, l Is The company propo'e, to
build line from Chicago TO East Dubuque
hut will probably continue the line to St
Paul he capital stock S5,0olGot
In the case of Dacey, the murderer o.
Alderman Gaynor. the Illinois suprenS
court, Thursday affirmed the Judgment OF
tn lower court, and ordered that the pris
oner be executed by the sheriff OF McHenry
county ON May H.
biddle X Ariss' cotton-mill near Frank
ford, Pa, was destroyed by fire Thursday
afternoon, the loss reaching Sl00,910 Sew
eral structures were consumed at Pleasant
Valley, Pa, with loss of $1,000: and the
Hecla Coal works, Mount Pleasant, Pa,
were burned, entailing a loss of $500
Colman Bros, Wholesale clothiers, at San
Francisco and New York, are insolvent,
owing So, 900.
The Windsor hotel, bank, and twenty
seven frame business structures at Sedalia,
Col, were destroyed by fire Thursday. The
total loss is placed at siaO0)0, with insur-
ancs of $4,000.
In fight at Tascosa, Tex, caused by s
dispute about cattle stealing four mos.
we've shot dead and two others fataIls
wounded
The Knights of Labor at Toledo. Ohio,
who had planned to place Il special ticket
for city officers in the field, received letter
Thursday night from Grand Master " ork-
man PowderIy, warning them to drop poll
tics Mt once, or they would be expelled from
the order.
The supreme court of Wisconsin has Just
decided that structure used as Baptist
parsonage at Darlington, but not owned BY
the church society, is exempt from taxation,
thus reversing a decision of the county
court
The switchmen of the st. Paul road at
Milwaukee, are organizing, preparatory to
their enrolment as Knights of Labor. 1t is
| stated that the yardmaster offered them an
advance in wages conditioned upon their
not forming n union.
The ioiler in e saw-mill at Calera, Ala.
| exploded Thursday, killing three men and
| badly wounding four others
A number Of Mexican settler on the
| Maxwell land grant in northern New Mex.
! leo were arrested Thursday by sherif's
| posse and imprisoned at Springer for refus
ing TO obey thu ODD OF the supreme court
| to vaeate lands owned ty the company
1t is said that no clue touching the
| identity of the persons who murdered the
colored men i'll tie court house at Carrollton.
| Miss, recently, can be found. The grand
| jury attempted an investigation last Mon.
day, and summoned $50 witnesses. but no in.
| 70. mat ton was obtained.
Justice Butt in London rendered a tlecis
| ion to the effect that a divorce obtained in
| America from the bonds of marriage per
formed in England is invalid in England.
James McHenry, the railroad magnate
was on Thu SHAY declared bankrupt by q
| London court for having defaulted on an in
stallment due creditors He will appea
| from the decree
The senate Thursday confirmed the nomi
nation of Mrs NJ A. Muiligan to be pension
| agent at Chicago
| Messrs Rehm and Turner have sold to Z
| Philadelphia syndicate a controlling Interest
In the Chicago North Side Street railway fol
| 81, 5y0, 900 cash