Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-04-14
CONDENSED NEWS

] The governor of Nebraska has issued q
proclamation organizing Grant county.
Business property valued at $4,000 was de
stroyed by fire in Wheeling, w. Va, Friday
morning.
Mrs. Joseph Trancht committed suicide by
| hanging Friday after II quarrel with her hus-
band, at Lima, Ohio,
A mother and her infant persisted in the
flames of their burning home at Florida,
Orange county, N Y, Friday morning.
A bookstore and seven buildings opposite
the Michigan State University, Ann Arbor,
were destroyed by fire Friday morning; loss
$4,000.
City Marshal Harrell, of Conway, Ark.
killed Il. NJ. Little, "A colored preacher Fri
day The latter had abused him for arrests
| he had made
The breaking of dam near Appleton, Wis. f.,
has caused an extensive overflow. About
half mile Of the track of the Wisconsin Cen
| trail railroad was washed away.
Burglars effected an entrance into the First
| National bank at st. townsville, N. Y, and
| plundered the vault of $1,000 in cash and
some jewelry left there for safe keeping,
They escaped with their booty
The Parnellite members of parliament have
| distributed placards throughout County
and assemble in thousands at the twenty
meetings to be held on Sunday.
The Mexican chamber of deputies Friday
| received n visit from Sir Thomas Grattan Els
| monde, well-knOwn Irish member of parlia-
mont The Mexican legislators gave him Il
handsome reception, and he made them lit
tie speech.
The legislative, judicial and executive APP
preparation bill, ms agreed upon in the house.
committee, appropriates S20,472,3 9i which
is S937, sos less than the estimates and $2O9,-
246 less thnn the current appropriations for
the same service
Circuit Judge Jacob W. Wikin, of Dan
vile, has been nominated by a delegate con-
vention of the Republican party of the third
grand judicial division for justice of the Hi
nois supreme court, to succeed Hon John NJ.
Scott, of Bloomington.
The Republican convention for the Elev-
enth Ohio district has taken 753 ballots for a
candidate for congress without selecting a
man. Each county in the district has can
didato, and the highest vote cast on the first
ballot was "A for H. $ Bundy, father-in-law
of Governor Foraker.
New trouble has arisen in the German en-
perors throat, indicating that the trachea
has been attacked by local complaint. The
air passage having contracted, it became
necessary to insert new cannula. At noon
Friday the emperor and empress drove to
Berlin in "A close carriage and visited the
palace, returning to Charlottenburg later in
the day
The right to buy ships in the markets of the
world and sail them under the American flag
without the payment of duties is granted in
"A bill agreed upon by the majority of the house
committee on merchant marine and fisheries
Friray. 1t is also contemplated that no duty
shall be paid upon materials entering into the
construction Of vessels built in the United
States.
Chicago is to have a grand temperance
temple if the ladies of the Women's Chris
tan Temperance union succeed in raising the
money necessary to carry the project to a
successful completion. The plan contem-
plates building twelve stories high, con-
tanning great hall and big tower, costing
100000 OF this $3.50, 900 has already been
subscribed in Chicago, and Mrs. Carse and
Miss Willard are going to try to raise the
balance in the eastern cities.