The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-08
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN.
NEWS OF TIL WEEK.
The e asst.

The entire business portion of the village OF
Tconderoga, N. Y, was recently destroyed by
fire. The total loss is estimated at 5000, 600.
Serious mining troubles are reported in the
Lehigh region of Pennsylvania.
bill has been introduced in the New York
Legislature providing for the extra compensa-
ton of jurors where the trial of a cause is pro-
tracted beyond sixty days. 1t is intended to
apply to the Tilton-Beecher jury.
The Massachusetts Legislature has enacted
a substitute for the present prohibitory liquor
law. The new prohibits the. open sale of
liquors over bar, but provides for licenses in
connection with hotels and restaurants. The
law also dispenses with the State police and
seizures to enforce it.
Gov Tilden, of New York, has pardoned
James H. Ingersoll, one of the Tweed ring,
who was sentenced to five years in the Peni-
Tertiary in 1873.
The West.
The grand jury of st. Louis county, in re-
cent report declare that their county jail build
ings the Four Courts, completed three years
ago. at a cost of 81, O0O, 900, are in danger of
tumbling down.
George Reynolds, Mormon has been tried
and convicted of polygamy at Salt Lake City.
There is to be weekly mail run between st.
Paul, Mimi, and Helena, Montana, by way of
the Northern Pacific railroad, between Bis
marck and Carroll, the Coulson steamer line,
etc. The contract commences May 1.
The sparkling and vivacious Lolita is at pres
ent the attraction at McVickers Chicago Thea
ter, and is delighting large audiences with the
inimitable drollery with which she invests her
numerous characters.
George @. Cannon, Delegate in Congress
from Utah, ON trial at Salt Lake City for po-
lygamy, has been acquitted on the ground that
the prosecution was barred by United States
statute of limitations
Gen. Sherman states that the Germaine girls,
recently rescued from the Indians, will be taken
care of for life by the government. The In
dams who committed the massacre of their
parents will be sent to Florida and held as pris-
oners of war.
terrible collision occurred on the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy railroad, between Abba
Il
ton, on Sunday, the 4th inst, by which three
employees of the road were killed and several
wounded. The accident was due to the care
lessness of a telegraph operator.
The South
Startling information has been received at
Washington to. the effect that the yellow fever
has made it's appearance at the Gulf ports I'M
usually early, and is rapidly spreading. The
naval vessels at Key West are in quarantine
and the fort garrison will be at once withdrawn
ut of the reach Of the dangerous epidemic.
Reports from New Orleans confirm the re-
cent reports of Mexican outrages.
A dispatch from New Orleans states that the
General Appropriation bill, approved by the
Governor and published, has been tempered
with. The changes made in the original APP
preparations show decrease in several items of
over $137, 900, and an increase in other items
Of 81, 400. Efforts are being made to discover
and punish the parties guilty of making the
alterations.
Pete Mccartney, George Rankin, Mike Rog-
ers, Joe Rttenhouse and John Hall, the notori-
GUS counterfeiters who some time ago escaped
from the st. Louis jail, have been recaptured in
Texas.
John E. Bassieut, President, and Thomas L.
Armstead, Cashier, OF the Dollar Savings Bank
of Richmond, Va which collapsed during the
panic Of 1873, have been arrested, charged with
embezzling $4,000 of the bank funds.
George Drury, a member of the Louisiana
Legislature, has been indicted for participation
in the forgery of the General Appropriation
Il.
Goldsmith's stallion Abdallah was instantly
killed at Paris, KY, on Monday, by collision
with another horse while going around the
track. He was valued at $4,000
The steamer Bruno was fined $500 at Little
Rock, the other day, for violating the naviga-
ton laws in not flying the United States flag.
General.
The Eastern trunk lines the Michigan Cen
trail, Lake Shore and Michigan Southern, and
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago, have re-
duced the fare to Eastern points. The follow
ing are the new rates compared with the old
ones
NeW rate Old rate
Chicago to Boston,. ............$20 1927
chicago to New York. ............. Is %
Chicago to Philadelphia ........... II 20
CHICAGO To Baltimore