Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-30
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The twenty second annual meeting of the
Society of the Army OF the Tennessee will 10
held at Cincinnati Sept. IS and u
\ fire in the store Of the Chicago and Mil
waukee Cloak company, at Milwaukee Mon
lay morning, caused damage to the extent of
$4,000
Charles Murray, superintendent of the
Chicago and Northwestern railNay, died at
, his home at Oak Park. Ill, Sunday, from
paralysis
tured a Canadian sealing vesssl in Behring
sea and the Canadians are very hot about il
| and talking very bvihGerently.
Forest fires eighteen miles from Chico,
Cal, have devastated "a strip Of country four
| miles in length Destructive forest fires are
also reported in Colorado and Idaho.
The company owning thu Atlantic Ave-
| nue. street railway in Brooklyn, y Y, has
recently discharged a number Of conductors
| for flirting with damsels on their route
William Cole and Henry Field, of Law
| renee. near Chippewa Falls, Wis, were ont
shooting Saturday, when Field msrook Cole
for deer AMI shot him, instantly killing
| him
After having thirty-six hours To look over
| the field Chicago people came To the conclu-
sion Monday morning that the storm of Sat
| urlay evening did from 500, go to 81 1900
on damage
Billings, the lawyer who killed young
Kingsley at Wavsrly. Ia, and escaped from
| the sheriff at Gary. d. T, last week, has not
yet been ra-arrested and 1t Is tel e ed he has
committed suicide
\ woman named Faunce, together with
her husband, has been arrested al Spring
| field, Mo, for poisonin, her two sons e.
| cause they were too much trouble. Tie
Youngest son died
Liverpool ooucht 200 90 barrels Of Amer
| icau apples AMI London $4,000 barrels dur
| Ing the season recently ended The importa-
| ton OF American apples by the UniteI King
| dom Is OF a rapid Increase
Capt Campbell, of the steamship Anchoria,
| arrived at New York Monday, reports see
| IN a man last Friday in mid-ocean, afioat
| IN a small sioop-rigged boat evidently intent
On making the Atlantic passage.
| Ex Congressman Vidal, who was L. s.
consul general at Tripoli up to 1871, charges
that British officials at Malta and in other
| places in the east wink at the slave traffic in
Africa and seem tosympathize with it
| The Schweinfurth disciples at Kansas
| City, who, week ago, refused 10 swear to
the value of their property, because they did
not believe in swearing, thought better of it
Monday and took the required oath, thereby
avoiding double taxation.
Articles OF Incorporation consolidating the
various branch lines of the Wabash railway
| system into one organization known The
Wabash Railway Company, with capital
Of So, cOO, 90 We're flied with the secretary
of state at Springfield, ILL.,, Monday
\ man who, Saturday, knocked his
| wife down and threatened to shoot his whole
family at Gaylor, Kan, was taken
out OF jail the same evening 10y a mob ami
| provi led with a warm coat Of tar and feath-
ers gratis. His name was Emmous
DIR. Tanner, member OF parliament for
Cork, was sentenced at TiPperary Monday TO
| a months imprisonment for aSsaulting po-
lice inspector. When sentenced he defiei
the court in loud voice, and three months
were added to his punishment for the out
break
The attorney general of Indiana has given
an opinion to the effect that the law passed
by tie legislature last session providing foi
state school books makes 1t obligatory ON the
school trustees To have the t,ssOks used IN u G
schools under their care. 4 contract has
been made for the publication of the books
There were l6i saloon-keepers arrested in
Cincinnati Sunday for violating the Sunday
closing law according to the determination
come to AT their meeting last week They
marched to the police station Monday headed
br Grassland and were admitted to bail in
500 each, after getting n scoring by the
judge, who told them that the next time he
would insist on 8, 900 bail in each case.