Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-12-01
ABBREVIATED TELeGsAMs.


The Ohio Snn. a paper which has been
published ut Youngstown. o.. since April
last. has been purchased ior publication n
An evening ,,aper at Chicago.
Mennouitcs are negotiating for the pur
chase several hundred acres Of land in
Fay-tt- county, His, for the purpose Of
forming colony OF about seventy fam,-
lies.
Obiinary-At Paris Ills. W. W. Van
bu>kirk. master mechanic of the Van
dilia railway aged C,: at Galcna. Ills.
John Ga finer. early settler OF 30 Davies,
county, aged So: a. Jacksonville. Fla.
Thomas =. Humphreys. "a wealthy citizen
Il Springfield. Ills: az brooklyn. eS-Stats
Senator John J. Herman.
Governor Al;geld, of Illinois. has re
fused To interfere ia tine cases of Harry
Pate and Frank Stirc>. sentenced 10 6e
hanged at DanvIle cor murder.
]; = reported N New York that W iliiRm
Walter Phelps has purchased tre Mai. aud
Express the late Colonel Slepard's paper.
and Will take char:e Jan. next.
In a wreck on -he Illinois Central nea.
jackson. Miss. several cir> were demoi
ishcd. but only one man hurt. Tim jew
e:;. conductor. had leg broken and was
otherwise severely hurt
George Mayne. manager of a retail gro
ceryat Grand Forks n u. was caught
stealing and Confessed that tie had been
nj il for - long time. He was not arrest
ell and his wifi. and he both took poison.
but doctors saved their lives.
\ plot Ivy tine prisoners in the Miami
comfy (O) jail to kill the turnkey and es-
cape WAS discovered and frustrated. A
desperate horsefhief named Rosenberg,
who was r, Gently captured at Cairo. Ills,
was the instiyator.
Ellis Brown, tine latest man IN Brown
county, o., marched through the streets
Of Georgetown, that county, clad in .
mosquito TAR suit in payment Of an cleo
ton net.
The Great Western Stove works at
Leavenworth. kas., have closed down.
One Of the things that were saved when
Governor Mckinley's effects We're burned
in the Chittendcn hotel at Columbus was
. new dress that Mrs. Mckinley's meant
to wear Mt q wedding.
Max Meyer. . noted Berlin student who,
though blind from birth. has kept the
head Of the class in every school he at.
tended. received tue degree Of doctor Of
philosophy in that city short time ago.
Chinese" GorSlon's letters, journal, and
OLneI tellCo nave now OeeO pl8CcO on
public view in the manuscript depart
meut Of the British museum in London.
A statue q Sir william Wallace, at
Baltimore. was unveiled Thanksgiving day
by great Rrandchild Of w. W. Spence,
who gaze the statue to the city.
Miss Gertrude Mitchell, of Liverpool, Is
years Of age. has achieved the first place
in all England and Wales in the examine
lions for the queens scholarship Her
position was gained oser 4, 80 competitors.
william r. Smith. who for many years
has been the superintendent Of the Botau.
ical gardens IN Wsshingtou, hes, IL 10 said,
personally. direcsed the planting Of moro
0.O00, 900 trees in different parts Of the
United States.
Rufus Williams, who died few days
ago in Rhode Island at the age Of IS, ~ q
direct descendant Of Roger williams. in
the sixth gsnefasi0n. Five generations Of
his family were present ct his funeral.
Colo0el Mcclure. Of the fhlla0elphla
Timss, 10 slowly Gaining strength. and his
sriends hops to - him in the city befofs
maay weeks. He V now 1t his couatsy
home.