The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-03
ROCK ISLAND, MONDAY. MAY ;. 1856
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

A tunnel under the Irish channel is now
talked Of The distance is twenty-five miles
An Iowa scientist calls attention to the
seven year locust.
The business portion of Keystone, Iowa,
was entirely swept away by fire Friday
morning. The losses aggregate $4,000,
with insurance Of $4,000.
DR.. Reynall Coates, r. physician who is
said to have once slapped President Andrew
jackson in the face during dispute in 1889,
died at Camden, N j., Wednesday.
There are at the present time %, 900 school
libraries in the United States, containing
45.0Uo,0 0tO books, or l., 90, ,00J more than all
the public libraries of Europe combined
The students of the Grant Memorial uni
versity at Athens, Tenn. asked holiday on
Grants birthday, and when the faculty re
fused to grant the request all except eleven
went out on II strike.
s. W. Fross q Co 5 notion and white
goods establishment at Baltimore was gut
ted by fire Friday night, aud adjoining
buildings were badly damaged The total
losses will aggregate $6oo,00o, with insur-
ance in excess Of Si00W0.
The business failures occurring through
out the country during the last seven days
number for the United States lS9, and for
Canada IS, or a total Of 2Oi, as compared
with total of la4 last week and lS3 the
week previous to the last
The Woodburn- arken Wheel company,
of indianapolis, the largest establishment of
the kind in the country, refuses to pay ten
hours wages for eight hours work, and
have closed the factory until Wednesday,
at which time employees desiring to resume
operations at present rates will be given
work.
In Spring Point township, Cumberland
county Illinois, Thursday evening, William
Galamore, half witted fellow attacked
Miss Mary Sanders, who had refused his
attentions, with a knife, cutting her on the
cheek, hand, and throat, infiicting fatal
wounds. He then cut his throat, but is
still alive.
The ll-year Old daughter of Lee Shellen-
berger, who lives near Nebraska City, Neb b.
was found in the cellar of her fathers
dwelling Thursday night, with her throat
| cut The girls father and her step-motheI
| have been arrested. 1t is stated that the
child was heir to valuable property. Lynch
| ing is threatened
A fennsy lvania woman raisel a family
| of twenty four boys. Thirteen of these
were in the Union army, and one in the
| Confederate Eleven of the thirteen were
| killed in battle, and the Confederate was
| never heard from. Two of the Union
soldiers returned home, and one of them has
| Just applied for a pension.
The Chicago base ball club played its first
league game Friday with the Kansas City
club and won by a score of to j. Other
| games We're as follows: vt New York
| New Horks 10, Bostons 2; at Philadelphia
Athletics :, Baltimores l.; at Washington
Philadelphias l., Washingtons 3; at Gin
| cinnati-Louisvilles E Cincinnatis L. at ST.
Louis-St Louis s. Detroits L
| L. q E. Emanuel's furniture establish
ment at San Francisco, A L. Bancroft &
Co S stationery and publishing house, ana
adjoining smaller buildings were destroyed
by fire Friday afternoon. The loss is
placed at S,50,000, with about S230,000 in
surance One man is known to have beer
killed by falling walls, and several other
are reported as either killed or wounded
The grand jury at New York returned 6
presentment Friday, condemning boycottine
as cursed exotic, and urging the press
the bench, the bar, and the legislature It,
aid in exterminating the hydra headed mon
ster-" The executive board of the Empire
Protective association-,Ioseph r. ODon
nell, Andrew j. Best, James r. Graham
James +. Downing, and John HuGhes-wer,
indicted, and each gave bail in the sum o
$1,000