The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-04-20
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

A portion of the trestle-work of the Della
ware, Laokawanna and Western railway, at the
Passaic river crossing, which is several hum
t1red feet high, fell the other day, while num-
Der of men were employed in strengthening it.
Two men were killed and three others injured
probably fatally.
Three men were killed and five seriously in
jured by an explosion of fredamp in coal
mine near Allentown, Pa, last week.
The will of the late A. T. Stewart, fled in the
Surogate's Office in New York, last week, con-
tains no SPECIFIC bequest for any public institu-
ton. With the exception of various sums to
individuals, in one way or another identified
with the business affairs of the great merchant.
his entire estate and property is devised to his
wife and her heirs forever. The business af-
fairs OF Mr.. Stewart will be carried on the same
as before his death, and all the plans and pro-
jects II operation or prospective at the time of
his deoease will be faithfully carried out
The Massachusetts Legislature has legalized
the marriage of Mr.. James Parton with his
step-daughter.
The flowers at A. T. Stewards funeral cost
$4,000.
A New York dispatch says: cit appears
that in addition to the power-of-attorney given
Judge Hilton to manage her estate, Mrs. Stew
art has fled in the Registers Office transfer
and assignment of all her late husbands share
in the business of A. I. Stewart & Co., as well
as all his property, real and personal, except
real estate in the city of New York, to Judge
Hilton for the sum of 81, OOO 600. Both instru-
ments are dated April IA, 1876"
The Centennial grounds at Philadelphia have
been closed, and will not be reopened until the
10th of May, when the grand show begins.
L. ]. Jennings, late editor of the New York
Times, has been arrested at the instance of
the publishers of the Graphic, and held to
bail in the sum Of $1O 900 each in six libel
suits.
Horace Greeleys old homestead in the woods
of Chappaqua. N. Y, was recently destroyed
fire.
Moody and sankey have brought theirrevival
meetings in New York to close.
West.
Chicago elevators, as per official figures, con-
tain 8, 1852, ia bushels of wheat, 2,089, FOL
bushels of corn, ITO, 1876 bushels of OATS 104,
437 bushels of rye, and 252, 1882 bushels of
barley, making a grand total of 6,319,671
bushels against 6,827, 615 bushels at this period
last year.
The people of Montana have defeated the
subsidy granted to the Union Pacific railroad.
Cedar county, Neb. has voted subsidy of
$780, ZOO to the Black Hills railroad.
A second mass meeting of Chicago property
owners and taxpayers was held in the EXPOSE
ton building in that city, on Tuesday evening"
April IL. 1t was probably the largest meeting
ever held under roof in the West, the attend
ance being ysriously estimated at from $4,000
to $4,000 people. Hon. Thomas Hoyne
was nominated for Mayor by acclama-
ton. and committees were appointed
to wait on Mayor Colvin and the
town officers who were fraudulently counted in
at the recent election, and request them to
yield to the will of the people and step down
and out. Speeches were made by Hon John
Wentworth Hon. Leonard SWEET, Rev. Robert
Collyer, and other distinguished citizens. The
spirit Of the monster assemblage, as reflected