The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-11-26
OH 8enosha telegraph.
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
NEWS or THE WEEK.
The East

The steam tug Lily exploded her boilers
near the government works, New York city,
last week, killing FIVE of the crew, and fatally
injuring the Captain. David A. Ravens.
New York originates ffty-fve to sixty tons
OF Matchmaker daily. The efficiency of the
postal service of the country is increasing
In 1873 one letter went wrong in each ITO; in
1874 only one in 1900.
The Erie railway has contracted to pay it's
new President $4,000 year for ten years
services, but if he should be ousted before the
end of his term, he can collect the whole
amount of his salary for the full term of ten
years.
The suit of Theodore Tilton against Henry
Ward Beecher has been set down for Dec. s.
In the matter of the appeal of Mr.. Beecher,
asking for a bill Of particulars, one Judge
(McCue) thinks he ought to have the particu-
lars, while the other Judge (Nelson) takes OPP
posite grounds. Who is to decide the thing
the dispatches do not state. s~ f@~
Eight prisoners were fogged and three pill
loried at New Castle, Delaware, last week.
d. d. Williams, found guilty of embezzling
the funds Of the Conneautyille Pa.) National
Bank, was sentenced to five years imprison-
ment in the Western Penirentiary of Pennsyl-
vania. a--- @@@t- <~ e<
The public schools of Rochester have been
closed owing to the want funds.
-- a. The West.
The Pacific railroads have been pronounced
complete, and the part of the Immigrant held
in reserve by the government has been re-
leased. }2 .Tc4 .
There is good deal of interest among the
churchmen of Iowa on the question of the
Protestant Episcopal Church The names OF
large number of prominent churchmen in
all parts of the country are proposed, amcng
them Drs. Sullivan and Powers. of Chicago.
The convention that is to elect bishop meets
at Davenport on the 9th of December :.
The Iowa Penitentiary has been discontin.
ued as military prison. 81 @i..-f T
The Grand Lodge Hall of T. o, o. F. was dedi.
Gated at Indianapolis last week. Hon. Schuy.
Ter Colfax delivered the address.
G. 7. Quesenbery the Treasurer of the State
Grange of Missouri has stolen $4,000. he
speculated with the money and lost it.
On the 19th daughter of William Sharon,
the San Francisco banker, was married by
Archbishop Alemany, to T. G. Newlands, an
attorney. brilliant assemblage was present
The wedding present from the father of the
bride was 81 900, 900. #
Tn fhA. casa NJ HOropar5 P;oo c., No.,
cisco, CAL, the Twelfth District Court rem
dered decision busting him from office fol-
malfeasance.
AT st. Louis, last week, 8 destructive fire
burned two large stores on Fourth street. oc.
cupied by the Empire Hair Works, and
Hiram Probascos candy factory. William II.
Keys, formerly of Boston, member of the
salvage corps, was killed while spreading
tarpaulins in Probascos store, by the falling
of the upper floors. The total loss of prop
erty is about 100000.
1t is reported that Robert THEM, boot
and shoe dealer of Chicago, and member
elect of the Legislature from the Sixth dis
trict of Illinois, has absconded with 800 600
belonging to the business firm of which he
s was a member. ~
In rebuilding the Studebaker wagon factory
at South Bend Ind, terrible accident &C.
Cured last week. The foundation walls be-
came weakened and fell, when two men were
killed, and seven were severely injured.
A stage near Redling, CAL, was robbed last
week. Wells & Fargo lost so, 300
The South
sCarelessness and avarice on the part OF
transportation companies have cost some lives
already, and seem destined to take many more
before managers learn better. Last week an
overloaded steamer, lying at the New Orleans
levee, parted in the middle and went to the
bottom of the river. Thirty-fve lives were
lost.
Judge Poland has been summoned from
Little Rock to consult with the authorities at
Washington in regard to the pretensions OF
Smith, who aspires to the government Of Ar
kansas. #.nN
Judge Poland, of Vermont member of the
Arkansas Investigating Committee, in rela-
ton to the Garland-S Smith complication says
Smith is a "frebrand" and no more Coy
ernor than Baxter. If the Garland gov
eminent is disturbed, Smith ought not, in
Judge Poland's opinion to be recognized
but the government should revert to Brooks.
Judge Poland is not prepared to give an
opinion as to the validity of the new consti-
tuition and this, after all, is the main ques-
ton at issue.
Washington.
Postmaster General Jewell has an order
disseminating the pay and services Of John
T. Callaghan, special agent Of tho depart
ment, for loaning his brother an annual pass
from the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Rail-
road Company, which had been granted to
him solely on the ground that he was an &C
credited special agent of the Postofice De-
partment.
Gen. Myers, Chief Signal Officer of the
Army cold Probabilities y has submitted
his annual report to the Secretary of War.