Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-02-20
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Governor Alteeid, of Illinois, has signed
the bill repeating the Edwards school law.
1t will take effect July l.
A long distance telephone is in use be-
tween Chicago and Detroit, and it works
well
Hugh O'Donnell, of Homestead, was 40
quilted of the charge of murder in connec
ton with the riot at Homestead. He will
next be tried for treason, but will probably
be bailed meantime.
The pope of Rome is celebrating his
golden jubilee-fifty years bishop The
faithful all over the world are showing
their devotion in one way or another. In
this county celebrations were at New
York, Jersey City, Philadelphia, New
Orleans, Chicago and other places.
Mary Wright, an unmarried woman of
Sterling, Ills, gave birth to healthy male
child, smothered it in shawl and threw
the body in vault.
Mrs. Cleveland, it is said, has set herself
against the Introduction of the crinoline
None of her new inaugural dresses is made
for that expansive article.
Joel Bowersock brakeman; Frank No
Camman, engineer, and Joseph Mcintyre,
fireman. Were killed by a collision On the
Colorado Midland near Bath, sixteen miles
Buena Vista, Colo. Several were injured.
There We're three collisions on the west
side cable railway at Chicago, during
which six persons We're more or less hurt,
but none fatally. The cause was kink in
the cable
Mrs. Nellie Cudlip walked two miles
through the deep snow to prayer meeting at
Ochipee, Mich. and while prayer was be-
ing offered gave birth to daughter
The Illinois legislative committee exam
lining the "sweat shops" OF Chicago has
taken the testimony of several doctors
showing that clothing is made up for
market in rooms where persons are i'll with
such diseases As diphtheria scarlet fever,
etc
negro was arrested at Moberly, Mo-,
for insulting a white woman Her three
brothers entered the lockup next morning
and shot the negro four times. so that he
will probably die The shooters were ar
rested,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Scheiferstein, an
aged couple at Toledo We're fatally suffo-
Gated by natural gas
President Harrison has pardoned Georgs
NJ Howell, OF the Howell Lumber com.
nany, Atcheson. who was convicted of yio-
latlng the interstate commerce law and
sentenced to the penitentiary for year,
Carlisle says lie thinks there will be M
! extra session for silver legislation.
William Lindstrum, aged l6 years. shot
himself through the heart on the second
landing Of fiat st Chicago. because he
had been ont or work for i've months and
was respondent
Chicago bankers banqueted and listened
to ex-senator Farwell and others tell what
they would do financially They all "had
II in first thing for the Sherman silver
law and the m-etiug was with them.
series Of earthquakes has been felt in
the fellowstone National park during the
last few weeks. one -ofwhich was the
most territir eruption since the discovery of
the park. The main road south of the
Norris geyser basin caved in for IA long dis.
tance and TO an uilanown depth.
Mckee Rankin. being needed by his
father to take care of his business, has re.
tired from the stage and become the heir
apparent TO S25u 900 worth of property in
Canada
Two lads at Corinth, Miss, willie Sharp
and Hinton Zachary, became involved in
difficulty about 5-cent transaction, when
young Sharp fatally stabbed Zachary with
pocket knife
Chicago lawyers Saturday night gave a
farewell banquet TO Judge Blodgett. who
goes to look after our interests in the Beh:
ring sea arbitration. a whole lot of nice
things were nicely said about the Judge.