The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-04-26
ROCK ISLAND, MONDAY. APRIL s6. 1856.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The queens birthday will be celebrated
in London May %,
Mr.. and Mrs Henry Watterson will sail
for Europe May u
The Oshkosh WIS., Base Ball club has
been admitted into the Northwestern league
g. W. Wood, postmaster at Humbolt,
Ills, was arrested, Friday, for selling lottery
tickets
revised list shows that the recent
cyclone in Minnesota resulted in seventy
one deaths
William II. English, of Indianapolis, is
investing much of his money in natural gas
industries in Ohio
The Philadelphia Press suggests that the
senate call for the papers in the case of the
presidents engagement.
The Presbyterian general assembly will
be held-at Minneapolis, beginning May 20,
and continuing for two weeks
Brown & Anderson, stock brokers at New
York, who failed recently, owe Sl11, ,5i3,
with actual assets of but S24,5iS
The Spanish sanitary council has author
led the general adoption of Dr. Ferran's
practice of incubation against cholera
The total number of buildings destroyed
at Sauk Rapids, MINI, was 100, and the
value of the property destroyed s290,oo0.
The OBJ bjections of citizens of Roscoe, D. T.,
to the opening of saloon at that place led
TO the arrest Friday OF several temperance
people, including fifteen women
An offer has been made by the trustees of
the extensive Symes estate, near Westport,
Ireland, to tenants, at sums equaling, in
the case OF each holding, twelve years
rent
A. B. Dennis, chairman of the Iowa
Greenback state central committee, fused
call Friday for state convention of the
straight out greenbackers of Iowa, to be
held at Cedar Rapids on the 9th OF May.
In the habeas corpus case of Cora Lee,
charged with completely in the murder of
Mrs. Graham, Judge Wallace, at Bolivar,
No, Friday, admitted her to hail in s., 900
Judge Baker, it is said, will provide the
bonds
Friday forenoon, at New Orleans, William
c. Nessen, aged 63, shot his wife twice, and
then removing his false teeth put the re-
volNer into his mouth, and shot himself
dead. The woman is not dangerously hurt
Jealousy aused the tragedy.
Frank Glover, who is matched TO fight
Burke May :, was informed by physicians
at Beloit, Wis, Friday, that his right fore
arm, which has troubled him for some time,
is fractured This puts an end 10 his prac-
tice work, and of necessity postpones the
contest
Dr. Frisch, a delegate sent by the Aus
trian Government TO examine into the
merits of NJ. rasteur's remedy for hydro
phobia, has made report recommending
the adoption of the method by Austrian
physicians
Friday evening, At Delavan. Ills, Jennie
Thompson, aged ID, threw herself in front
of passenger train, and the wheels severed
her heal from her body. She had previ.
ously announced her intention of commit
ting suicide.
1t has been discovered that the owners of
cotton and wooen- mills in the New Eng
land states have perfected league for do
mestic protection, and TO assist manufact.
urers who are unfairly treated by their EN-.
| ployes. While the authority of the knights
will not be recognized, the society will not
assume an aggressive attitude, but will
accept arbitration in the settlement OF
strikes