Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-12-28
ARRs NlsIEn iELEGRAMs.

Vainable col fisheries have heea d. scos-
cred or the coast Of British Columbia
The fpurthcia5s postoffice at Chiffon,
WIS, will be raised to the presidential class
Jan. j.
Candy Bros, confectioners, of Columbus,
o., failed yesterday. Assets. Sl7,0OOi iiaoll-
tiles, 81, 001
Merrimac, Mass, is afflicted with measles
epidemic and 159 eases were reported Thurs
day morning
Henry O'Brien, Of Milwaukee,, is charged
with killing bis baby boy by striking it With
his fist while drunk
The LORD mayor Of London will give
farewell banquet in honor Of United States
Minister Phelps Oh jan "a
An eclipse Of the sun takes place next Tues
day Jan. u afternoon. 1t will be nearly To-
tai in the region around Chicago
The Richmond Wing announced its sus-
pension Thursday morning. The concern
has been purchased by The Times.
| The roads out into Pottawattomie county,
| Iowa, from Council Bluffs, are infested with
| highwavmen, who are reaping small bar
vest of farmers. Two arrests have been
made
| DR.. Carver is shooting glass balls with a
| rifle at Minneapolis, MINI, trying to hit
| 80 900 in six days Thursday be had broken
| 10, i53
The Ohio penitentiary officials have abol-
ished the ducking-tub and banging by ths
wrists as modes Of punishment for refractory
convicts.
Theodore T Weed. IT Mason City, Iowa,
| THURSDAY received &, SIX back pension from
the government lie was member of Els
wortb's zJpnvrS
| The great seal Of the Southern Confed
eracy was presented Thursday by Col VIM.
E. Earle, of Washington City, to the state
of South Carolina.
II is said at Washington City that several
war vessels are being fitted out to go to
Samoa TO look after the capegs of the Ger
man authorities there
William F Esie, of the firm of Craniall
& Co, South Water street, Chicago, is re-
ported missing with about s3O,tP0 that
doesn't all belong To him.
Domestic troubles caused James Green, Of
Wolcott, N y TO cut his wife5 throat with
a butcher kli.e, and then treat himself the
same way. Both will die
The postmaster general has restored r A.
D. Wi!hanks to the position Of supsrintend-
ent of mats Mt Chicago, from which lie was
removed several weeks ago.
The Illinois State Teachers association is
holding It's annual meeting in Springfield.
The state teachers associations OF Indiana,
Iowa and Wisconsin are also in session this
week
The postpliice at Argos, Ind, was entered
of the money order fund, tue amount Of
which IS not stated Tnere is no clue to the
robbers
The 1903 bon lhollers in France of the
Panama canal have unanimously adopted {
resolution of conf ien-e in the great engineer
and volunteering to ask no interest until tn,
canal Is opcl for traffic
The extent Of the emigration of Austrian
AMI l.alian peasants to Brazil is attractin,
attention in London. One vessel leaving
Trieste Monday hat 40 emigants Of thu
class bound tor san PtuiO
A havana SPECIAL SAYS the Machine broth
ers, VITO, white unier sentence OF death Tor
KIDNAPPING, made their escape from tine Cas-
tllo del PrihrtItr fort a mont ago, way
laid AMI Murdered the detective VINO Wa
after them
The cash business done by Armour & Co.
the pork and u'et packers of Chicago. IN tn
year ending Nov !, amounted to So JJJ, 900
, They employ 5000 man. During the yea
I they dl-p'ei of sci, 80 head OF cattle
Lao, on .lug- aud l6i, $50 sheep.
= tn" residence of Mayor Mason, Of Bloom
ington, Ills, was hombarded with rotte
eggs thursday night, and the whole from
ruiued The mayor offers $500 for the name
Of the perpetrators, who are believed to hav
been gamhers and loose women
Secretary Whitney's turkey bill fo
Thanksgiving was 500, and the money W.
garnlsheei ia his hands by an alleged ere,
= ltor of the ssher. The case was tacidt
against him on the ground that the selIt
was acting IS clerk, and therefore the gar
, niShee could tot stand. The secretary tbs
a paid the bil