Rock Island daily Argus., 1888-03-27
CONDENSED NEWS.

Silver ore In paying quantities is said tc
| have been discovered In Scott county, Ken.
tucky.
Chief Justice sheldon, of the Illinois su
prcmc court, has written IA letter declining
TO be candidate for reelection
Aionzo r. Cutler, one of the wealthy pion.
eeIs Of LaPorte, Ind. died at his home in that
city ON Saturday last from paralysis.
Three million small whiteiish We're planted
in the lake OIL ST Joseph, Mich, Monday by
| Deputy state Fish Commissioners Trask and
Mckee.
The people of Jack son, Neb,, are leaving
| their homes and taking 10 the hills in fear OF
| IA food which is imminent soon as an ice
gorge breaks away
All the sslleswomen in Loeser's dry goods
store Brooklyn, N. V, have, at the sugges-
tion of one Of the managers, adopted neat
uniform of black gowns.
The La Porte dnd) Daily Public Spirit was
sold Monday TO W, c. b. Harrison, of Hicks
vile, o., who will continue its publication
under a change of name.
Kerr of Iowa, Monday, presented bill in
the house to amend the Interstate commerce
law 50 rs 10 prevent a railroad from bringing
into state articles which the roads within
the state are not permitted TO transport.
a bill to amend the naturalization law 50
as TO require wOud-be citizens to take oath
that they are not polygamists, Anarchists, or
Communists was introduced in the house
Monday by Representative Stewart, of Geol-
gia
Five children of Mrs. John Sessums of
Houston, Tex, We're poisoned Monday morn
ing, but all except one are out of danger
Mrs SesSums has not been living with her
husband for year, and both OF them have
be en- arrested.
A woman employed as cashier by Robert
Sewell, of New York, left his service and
calling later declined to leave without dis
puted amount Of money, which she held to
be uue her. Sewell elected her, and now she
sues Linn for s25, 600 damages.
Freight tariffs ON all the western roads are
shortly 10 be restored 10 ante war figures
On all but the Chicago, Burlington q Quincy
and the Burlington q Northern, the former
schedule took effect ON Monday, and those
roads will shortly wheel into line.
Alexander Huntley and William Sherwood
were instantly killed Saturday afternoon last
while at work in Braiden's stone quarries,
near Rochelle, Ills A ledge of rock and
frozen earth gave way, falling the two
men, who were at work underneath
The government secret service officers ex-
press confidence that they have located the
main source of supply of the counterfeit sill
yer certificates that have been SO extensively
circulated in Chicago, and that they will be
able to take care of the dangerous forgeries.
A freight train ran into mixed train on
the Illinois Central railroad Monday near
Pontiac HIS, throwing three ears and the
engine of the forward train off the track. \
brakeman was seriously hurt, and the engin
eer AND fireman of the colliding train sus-
tained'slight injuries by jumping from the
cab.
Rev. J. j. Reid, a Methodist minister of
Cincinnati, created sensation at a minister's
meeting there Monday, by opposing the pro-
hibition of card playing, while permitting the
game of authors" which is played with
cards; or aboishing billiards while allow
ing croquet He said the distinctions were
arbitrary and senseless, and advocated inno-
cent amuSementS.