The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-29
THE NEWS tN.BRjET.

The great stallion Harry Wilkes covered
mile at Toledo in 2:l7. J II 81
The second annual meeting of the L. A.
W., Illinois division, will be held in Chi
cage on July ), 4, and q. a - .l,s,a.s
Reports from Hot Springs state that Soc.
Rotary Manning is very much improved in
health and in good spirits .,4 ,rg
Fitz John Porter has indicted a letter TO
Senator Sewell expressing his thankfulness
and JOY at the action of the senator.
The New Hampshire State grange Satur-
day passed resolution favoring tho passage
of the oleomargarine bill by congress- -.
About $50 clerks have been, dismissed
from the departments in Washington during
the past week. Among them were many
old and trusted men fn'7
Columbia's crew outrowed the Cam
bridge men on the Thames course at New
London, Conn. The winners time was
u :50lf; Harvafd's time; 22 .o3l4
President Cleveland and the party of
friends who accompanied him down the Po-
tomac and Chesapeake bay returned to
Washington Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Tudor Russell, of Joy land, Pa, used
kerosene oil to start fire in the kitchen
stove Saturday, and was burned to death
Her two young children were fatally in
jured by the flames
A big California syndicate of which
Croker and Haggin and Tevis are at the
heal is engaged in the purchase of prop
erty in New York They have invested
over SIS, 100000 already. 4g4r
! At Eagle Bend, Miss, Saturday night,
Lee Brown (colored) killed two white men
and wounded negro. The murderer claims
his victims refused to let him close the store
in which be was employed as porter.
| Robert Hillands and wife, of Chilisaua-
| que, Pa, aged 90 and 20 years respectfully
were instantly killed by the newspaper train
Sunday morning while on their way 10
| church Their horse was badly injured and
their carriage was broken into splinters
Charles and Levanda Stell, colored, and
brothers, living in New York, quarreled
! Saturday about woman and Levanda re-
ceived several stab wounds from which he
died. Charles is under arrest for the deed
He declares that the woman did the stab
bling.
Mrs John Campbell sister in-law of John
McGiifen, the nveryman who shot and
killed himself at Pittsburg Saturday night,
committed suicide Sunday by taking lauda.
nun. lllhealth and the suicide of Mc(iffen
are believed to have been the causes which
prompted her to the terrible act
Alter the marriage of Reason Stampel
and Mrs Hattie Dinkins at Ashland, KY,
Saturday night, Miss Frances Piles at
tempted to shoot the groom, who she said
had promised tc marry her. The bride foil
in faint, and the Piles woman heightened
the excitement by charging Stamper with
having committed a murder two years ago
1t is said to have been pretty definitely
settled that the love-sick Senator Jones OF
Floriday will not return to Washington
during the present session of congress His
daughter graduated at the Roman Catholic
seminary in Georgetown last week, but he
was not present He still remains in De
troit, the home OF the object OF his hopeless
passion
George A. Serena a drummer for Gloss
a Sons, dry goods merchants, at Cleveland
Ohio, shot and killed himself In a house o
illfame in Pittsburg Saturday night lie
morse for his treatment of his wife coupled
with his inability TO perform certain prom
ises made to Louise Russell an inmate O
the house. is thought to have been the 'caus,
of the deed.
Alexander Miller, an old prominen
farmer while driving to Lafayette, Ind.
with his wife on wagon load OF corn, wa
struck by the Louisville, New Albady 4
Chicago north DO and passenger train at
O'Clock Saturday morning. Both were in
stantly killed. Their bodies were throw
nigh into the air, and the body of Mrs Mil
Ter was carried third of mile Tn
train was running fifty miles an hour