Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-03-29
CONDENSED NEWS.

Two of the striking Burlington engineers
were nominated for aldermen at Galesburg
| Wednesday night,
The Canadian northwest mounted police re
port that they have captured sixty deserters
from the United States army.
The annual report of the Chicago health de
| partment shows total of Is, 400 deaths for
1SS7-an increase of no over 1886.
W l.. Greenhall of Toledo, has succeeded
| in producing No oil from the crude article
taken from the oil-feld at Montpelier, Ind
James Hogan, carpenter at Lima, Ohio,
working on an oil-well derrick eighty feet
above ground, Wednesday fell to the ground,
killing himself instantly.
One hundred and seventy five coal miners
are on a strike at the Montgomery and Black
burn mines, Washington, Ind, because of the
| discharge of members of the federation.
Owing to strikes, the net earnings of the
| Philadelphia a. Reading railroad fell off to
the extent of 81 ,229 Alb the past three months.
| Meantime the thousands of strikers lost all
| their wages.
| Company d, of st. Paul. voted unanimously
to go to Nashville to take part in the inter
state competitive drill May 81 to 26. This
company won second prize at the recent COM
| petitive drill at Washington City.
The Huntington County Qnd) Democrat
has been sued for criminal libel by Lewis
Garretson, the manager of the county intrm-
airy, for publishing a letter rejecting on the
| management of the institution.
Hester Page, a half witted girl at Delphi,
Ind, filed an affidavit Tuesday charging Alb
ner Sines, late keeper of the poor farm, with
the paternity of her child. A hearing will be
had in the circuit court next week.
William Henry Smith, manager of the
Western Associated Press, will deliver the
address at the centennial exercises at Mariet-
ia, o., April i. in place of Gen. Wager
Swayne, who will be unable to attend.
Messrs. Gross, Hawks & Drew will open
new bank at Atwood, Ills, on Monday next,
with a cash capital of $4,000 Mr.. Gross
has long been cashier for H. v Moore & Co,
bankers at Monticello Messrs Hawks and
Drew are wealthy farmers of Platt county.
The Minnesota Farmers alliance has adopt
ed resolutions indorsing President Cleveland's
tariff policy, and demanding the repeal of
customs taxation of raw material and the
necessaries of life. Copies of the resolutions
will be forwarded to Mnnesotas representa-
tives in congress.
Joseph Chamberlain, in a speech at Rirm-
ingham Wednesday, said that the rejection of
the fisheries treaty by the United States
would throw a heavy responsibility upon
those who would prolong the irritation todan-
gerous antagonism between the United States
and Great Britain
Printers in Sharp & Godfreys printing
office, Lansing, Mich, are on strike, de
manding that the foreman shall have full
control of all matters with reference to the
employment of hands in the composing room,
and say that this is their ultimatum. The
outcome is predetermined.
Charges have been preferred in the st.
Louis Merchants exchange against Capt
Bartle, whose testimony before the house
agricultural committee raised such a hubbub
in the pOrk-packing trade. He is charged
with a criminal act in packing diseased hogs,
as per his own statements, and with willful-
ly false and malicious libel in saying that
other packers did the same