The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-08-12

Indiana, the waters were higher than they
have ever been known before
The South.
A terrific explosion occurred Friday last on
farm in Maury county, Tenn. The boiler of
steam thresher exploded, instantly killing three
men, and seriously wounding seven others, two
4 of whom will die. The head of one man was
found in a field some distance away, and an
other man was blown distance of rs yards.
A negro named lack Gordon, who had been
arrested for attempting to outrage white
/ woman, was taken from the Jail by mob at
Athens, Tenn, ON Friday. and shot to death,
his body being riddled with bullets.
! A prison guard IN Louisiana has been discov-
cred in the horrible sport of turning convicts
Dose for the purpose of exercising the blood
hounds
a8 M Political.
The majority of McCreery, Democrat for
| Governor of Kentucky it is estimated will be
about $4,000.
/ Kentucky, Alabama and Texas have voted
| Automatically on the question of calling State
constitutional conventions.
The late election in the Cherokee Nation, for
First and Second Chiefs, Senators, and men,
bers of the National and Grand Council, and
for district officers, passed off quietly William
| p. Ross was elected Chief.
/ The delegation to the Alabama Constitutional
| Convention stands 81 Democrats, IS Republi-
cans and Independents.
Washington.
| The rumor of quarrel between Secretary
| Bristow and Treasurer New turns out to be
false. These gentlemen are not only on the
best of terms in their official capacity, but are
on terms of intimacy in their social relations.
| Notwithstanding the unanimous report of the
| committee of local architects to the effect that
work on the Chicago Custom-Hous ought to
| 90 forward. Secretary Bristow is firm in his de-
termination to leave the building in the hands
of the next Congress.
| The government income for the last fiscal
year is larger than any estimate made, and
more than realizes the expectations of the
Treasury officials.
Three arrests have been made at Washington
on suspicion of completely of the robbery OF
the Treasury of money package containing
some $47, 500, about three months ago. One
| of the number is Treasury clerk, another
gambler, and the third saloon-keeper. The
| Treasury clerk, Halleck by name, admits hay
ing stolen the money, but claims that the job
was put up by the saloon-keeper, Ottman who
shared the plumber with him.
Halleck, the Treasury employe who has con-
fessed to stealing the $4,000 package, was
assistant shipping teller in the cash room. He
has been employed in the department. about
eight years, and was regarded as one OF the
most trustworthy men in the building. A
large amount of the stolen money has been
recovered.
General.
The Irish population of the country cele-
bratea in a spirited manner the one-hundredth
anniversary of the birth of Daniel OConnell,
Aug. 5.
JEFF Davis, President of the late Southern
Confederacy, has accepted an invitation to be
present end address the Winnebago County
(nl.) Agricultural Society, at Rockford on the
14th of September.
Foreign.
Advices from Madrid report that the Alfons-
lists have gained several important victories re-
Gently.
France has ratified the Berne Postal Conven-
ton.
Hans Christian Andersen, the well-known
Danish poet and novelist, died recently at Co
penhagen, aged 70 years.
The Turks are collecting in large force to
crush the instruction in Herzegovina.
The French Assembly has adjourned until
Nov. 4.
Much distress has been entailed upon Ameri-
cans abroad by the failure of Duncan, Sherman
& Co. Over 1000 holders of the firms letters
of credit have been heard from in Germany
alone. Many are utterly destitute, and have
been compelled to apply for reliee to the local
authorities or to the American Consuls.
Disastrous floods, attended by considerable
loss of life are reported in the East Indies.
Renewed assaults upon foreigners are re-
ported from Pekin, China.
Thirteen persons were drowned the other day
by huge water-spout, near Berlin Germany.
There is great mourning in Denmark over the
death of Hans Christian ANDERSEN.
According to accounts from Damascus to the
23d of July, cholera was raging there. -Four
hundred cases were reported daily, but the real
number was concealed. The Christian quar-
tiers are deserted. Sudden deaths occur in the
streets. There are no physicians, medicines,
or supplies.
Mr.. School, of Vicksburg, Miss, won the sill
yer cup in the international rife shooting
match at Stuttgart, Germany.
There we're serious riots in Glasgow, Scot
land during the O'Connel centenary celeDra-
ton. Many police were badly injured, neces-
stating the services of the military.
Capt. Bogardus, the American pigeon-slaugh-
terer, defeated his English opponent RmeI,
easily.
The trial of Alexander and William Collie,
who recently failed for some SIS, 600, 900, on
the charge of obtaining money on false pre-