The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-05-28
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.


One hundred thousand people attended
leopold Won Ranke's funeral at Berlin
Wednesday.
Vines and blossomed fruit trees In the
East Tawas Mich fruit section were badly
damaged by frost Tuesday night
At the Episcopal convention of the Chi
cago diocese Wednesday Bishop McLarenf
salary was raised from 5000 to $1,000
The Rev. DR.. Erastus Wentworth, one Of
the prominent men in the Methodist
church, died Monday at his home in Sandy
Hill N Y.
The remains of Gen Durbin Ward were
inferred Wednesday at Lebanon, Ohio The
Hon. Allen g. thurman was one OF the pail
bearers
Tie car and czarina of Russia have re-
turned from Iisadia to Moscow. They
were welcomed at the kremlin with great
pomp and ceremony.
E Rufus Green has been arrested at
Sharon, Wis, for bigamy. He recently
eloped from Rockford, Ill, with girl named
Allen, from Freeport, whom he married
The -four production at Minneapolis last
week reached l35, $50 barrels, against l2o, 700
barrels the previous week The flour market
is less active, but there is fair demand
The Chicago Packing and Provision com
pany refuses to join other packers in going
back to the ten hour system. It's employees
will work eight hours for nine hours pay.
The Rev. Phillips Brooks, of Boston, has
positively and finally declined the office OF
assistant bishop rendered him by the Epis-
copal convention recently held ihiladel-
phia.
A fire at Rockford, ILL.,, Wednesday
damaged the Hotel Holland block and the
dry goods stock of Brown & Stewart about
sl0,000 The insurance on the property is
$4,000
lncendiaries burned John Leine's stable al
Laporte, Ind, Tuesday night, several valu
| able horses, including the trotting stations
Attained Allen and Pilot Duroc, Jr., perish
| ing in the flames.
Suit was brought, Wednesday, at Cincin
natl, by the ii ustees of Archbishop Pureeil't
o,tate against X Governor Hoadly ami othel
bondsmen OF x-Assignee Mannis to recover
SO, ooJ embe4 I'D by the latter.
The council of the Ciydesdale Hors,
| Society OF Great Britain and ireland vii
| present valuable medals for competition al
the show OF the American Clydestlale a.
socistion in Chicago next September
The American Association played the fol
lowing games Wednesday: At Philadelphia
| Athletic 9, Cincinnati &; at Baltimore
| Louisville . Baltimore 10; at Staten Islam
| Metropolitan 1, st. Louis .; at Brooklyn
Pittsburg 8, Brooklyn !.
A. a session of master carpenters anc
manufacturers of woodbuilding in Chicago
Wednes lay resolutions were adopted tina
the ei2hthour movement has proved fail
ure, and that after June ten hours shall
constitute days work.
The Prohibitionists of Indiana held theil
state convention Wednesday at mdianapo
lis, and nominated state ticket, the Rev.
| j. II. Hughes, of Wayne county, being
named for secretary of state The stats
central committee organized by eectin,
John lsaeleff, Of Grant county, chairman.
A state conference of anti saloon Repub
hcans was held Wednesday at Trenton, n
j., at viii h resolutions were adopted ap
| proving of strict enforcement of the ex
listing laws. and averring that the party
does not need the help of the saloons, bu
that the country needs the help of the Re
| publican party to combat the blghting ours,
| of the saloon