The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-06-24

leader of desperate band of horse thieves,
and five of his followers. were lynched at Will
rington, Kansas, on Wednesday night. This
band has been for some time committing depre-
dations in Sedgwick and Galloway counties.
A fire at Grand Rapids, Mich, last week, de-
stroyed sixty buildings, embracing the entire
mercantile business of West Bridge street.
Loss, 1920, 900 insurance, about 100000
The most remarkable as well as the best
played game of base ball on record was con-
tested at Chicago last week between the local
club and the professional nine from Hartford,
Conn. Eleven innings were played before the
stubborn contest was decided, at the end OF
which the game stood at the unprecedented low
figure of one to nothing in favor of Chicago.
A recent Kansas City telegram gives this
encouraging picture of the prospect in Kansas:
tFrom parties just returned, as well as through
letters and kilograms as to the crop prospects
in Kansas, all seem to agree that the like was
never before known in the State. Heavy farm
ers m the western part of the State are tele-
graphing here for harvest hands, and complain
that they can't get men enough to harvest.
Harvesting in Southern Kansas has commenced
and the average is immense.
Nebraska correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune tells of swarm of locusts from 30
to IS miles wide, half mile deep, passing
through the air at speed Of Is miles an
hour for sixty hours continuously, and driv-
ing people indoors for fear of being smothered
to death.
Ths South.
Adyices from Texas show that the apprehen-
sions Of war on the border are not entirely
without foundation The Texans, driven to
desperation by the frequent raids across the
Rio Grande, have organized with the determin-
alton of discriminating Cortina's gang of ban
dts, even if they have to follow them to the
City of Mexico. A conflict may be precipitated
at any moment
At Austin, Texas Deputy United States
Marshals Allen and Blood have been in
dicted and arrested for voluntarily and cor
ruptly allowing Mccartney, the counterfeiter,
to escape.
The notorious Younger and James brothers
are said to be in Kentucky, and many of the
banks in that State have placed armed guards
over their vaults.
Washington.
Ex-senator Harlan has sold out his interest
in the Washington Chronicle and returned to
his home in Iowa.
Washington dispatch states that a naval
force with steam launches will be ordered to
the mouth of the Rio Grande to look after our
interests there, and cooperate with the army
in the suppression of Mexican raids.
The trial of Kinds, the postal contractor,
for fraudulent PRACTICES terminated in his &C
quittal.
Gentlemen in official position says Wash
ington telegram, are apprehensive that, unless
prompt measures be taken in regard to contin-
ued raids on the Texas border, the United States
and Mexico may become involved in serious
difficulties. The army will now act promptly
in protecting American citizens, assisted by
such naval appliances as the necessity may de-
mand Gen. Ord has been placed in command
of all the forces on the Rio Grande,
CeneraT.
Recent fires: The business portion of New
field, N. Y, with loss of $150,0O0; j. ?.
Kipps carriage factory, New York, loss $780,
OOO at Barrasois, Cape Breton destroying five
houses and sweeping everything between there
and Green Cove, a distance of nine miles, and
burning the latter place.
Advices from the Rio Grande frontier indi-
cate that affairs are becoming desperate in tina
region. A band of Cortina's cattle thieves who
were caught raiding on the Texas side were at
tackled and twelve Of them killed. This en-
ragged Cortina, who is Mayor of Matamoras, and
ems TO retaliate and the settlers, as well as the
citizens of Brownsville, are preparing for hos
tilities, which seem imminent.
The war between the Baltimore and Ohio and
Pennsylvania railroads is ended, the two COM
panies having compromised their difficulties.
The factory of the Ancaster (Ont.) Knitting
Company was burned last week. Loss, $780, 900;
partially insured. Two hundred persons are
thrown out of employment.
The ship Champlain was recently wrecked on
the California coast All of the crew escaped
with the exception of the crew and one sea-
man.
POLITICAL.
The Maine Republicans have nominated Gen.
Selden Connor for Governor.
The Democratic State Convention of Ohio, at
Columbus, last week, was one of the largest
ever held, The following ticket was put in the
field: Governor, William Allen, of Ross Lieu
,aI IF