The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-12
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Thursday the Bank of England reduced
Its discount rate to ~ per cent
The fee for license to deal in cider. hard
or sweet, at Windsor, Ills, has been fixed at
81 600 year.
In the senate Thursday the agricultural
appropriation bill was passed substantially
as it came from committee
Frederick Ellison, of Indiana, declines to
represent tie United States at Ascension,
Paraguay, as it is too unhealthy.
Cholera continues TO rage in Venice with
undated virulence, an average of twenty
new cases and ten deaths occurring daily
Hiram B. Wadsworth, of HoIley, N Y I,
jumped from Goat Island bridge Thursday,
into the rapids and was swept into Niagara
Falls
Advices from Auckland, New leland,
state that at Tarawera there has been vol
canic eruption preceded by an earthquake
Many natives and Europeans persisted.
The International typographical union
with the Childs Drexel fund as nucleus
propose to erect in Philadelphia a hall
that shall be known as the home of the
craft
The killing of unmu2zled dogs under the
ordinance, was begun Thursday at Milwau-
kee Forty CANNES were killed, and two
policemen shot themselves, infiicting pain
full wounds
Tho Masonic grand lodge of Wisconsin, in
session at Milwaukee, expelled John W.
Woodruff, the defaulting secretary, from
the order. Eugene S Elliott, of Milwaukee,
was elected grand master.
The International Typographical union
Thursday appointed August Donott, Of
Washington; Frank S Peluon, of Chicago,
and j. B. Daily, of Philadelphia, trustees OF
the Childs- Drexel gift of SiO,0Ul
Judgments aggregating S55, Al, and
mortgages amounting to $50, 600 have been
filed against W. A. Boies, the insolvent but
ter and cheese manufacturer of Marengo,
| Ills. There also unpaid dividends
reaching 1000.
| The great City and Suburban handicap
J race, one and one-fourth miles, on the
Sheepshead Bay track Thursday was woT
| by Troubadour; Richmond second, and Sar
ana third; time 2:124. Fully 10000 person:
| witnessed the event
The Illinois Pharmaceutical association
which had been holding its annual session a
Rockford, adjourned Thursday. John r
| Porter was elected president, but declined
| whereupon h f. Gardner, of Atlanta, wa
| chosen to that office.
| The American Agricultural association
| has issued another address to the dairy PEG
| pie OF the country, stating that the butter
| inc men are represented in force at Wash
| ington, and with barrels of money, working
for the defeat of the oleomargarine bill
Allen o. Myers managing editor of Tn
| Enquirer, presented the office pass Thursday
at the Cincinnati bali grounds The gate
keeper took the ticket, and then refused t.
permit Myers to enter The park. The En-
quirer has been very bitter in its attack
upon the Cincinnati club.
At the session of the Reformed churc
synod Thursday at New Brunswick, n. J.
it was announced that John r. Smith
former treasurer of the board of domesti
missions, was short in his accounts S25, 00l
1t is feared there are also shortages in tn
accounts Of other boards, and the debate O
the affair was OF Il heated character.
One of the most remarkable base ha
games ever played was the one Thursda,
between the Boston and New York clubs
won by the former by a score OF to
There was not error outside of til
batters AT Philadelphia the score was
Washington 3, Philadelphia l. America
association: At Baltimore Brooklyn
Baltimore T. at MISUNDERSTANDING
Cincinnati / at New York Athletic
Metropolitan ;.