The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-11-09
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

The recent collision on the Delaware, Lack
awanna and Western railway, in Pennsylvania,
turns out to have been more serious affair
than first reports indicated. Tie casualties
number nine passengers killed and twenty-six
seriously injured, some Of whom, it is feared,
cannot recover. As usual, the accident was
the result of carelessness, a coal train running
into the passenger train.
The amount of grain in sight in the United
States and Canada, on the 18th ult., was 10, 440
O56 bushels OF wheat 10,008,85S bushels
OF corn, S,257, 0S5 bushels OF oats, 869, 544
bushels of rye, and 8, 243 245 bushels of barley.
All the Centennial buildings in Paramount
Park, Philadelphia, including the Main E2hi-
oition building, will be sold at public auction
Dn the 30th of November.
West.
& shocking affair is reported from San Fran
cisco. a false alarm of fire created panic in
8 Chinese theater. The building was crowded,
and a rush was made for the single means OF
exit, and many were trampled down in the con-
fusion. The police dragged out twenty dead
bodies and about the same number of wound
ed. The Chinese refused to render any assist
ance, and the performers continued playing
unit stopped by the police.
A dispatch from Bismarck says Gen. Miles
had a successful fight after an unsuccessful
council with Sitting Bull on the 21st and 22d
of October, on Ceder creek, killing q number
of Indians and wounding many, his own loss
being two wounded. He chased the Indians
about sixty miles, when they divided, one por-
ton going toward the agencies, and Sitting
Bull toward Fort Peck Gen. Miles following
Gen. HAGEN has gone to Peck with four CON-
panles Of infantry and rations for Miles. Sit
ting Bull crossed the river below Peck on the
oath ult., and had sent word to the Agent that
ne was coming in, and would be friendly, but
wanted ammunition.
a woman named Mrs. Hustleby, living in
the town of Vienna, Wis.,, fell down the cellar
stairs head first into a barrel OF vinegar and
was drowned.
A Salt Lake dispatch of Nov. Gays: "Four
carriages, three wagons, one pair of mules one
span of horses, one harness, three COWS,
property of Brigham Young, were sold to-day
at public auction by the Commissioner to pay
the award OF the court in the Ann Eliza case
They brought 81, 1876. Further seizure Of
property will be made.
report from Camp Stanlbaugh, Wyoming,
says village of fifty lodges Of Shoshones was
attacked Oct 80 by large Sioux war-party,
estimated at 1900 lodges, at Painted Rock,
near the scene OF Capt. Bates fight IN July,
1874, and about ninety miles from Camp
gtsmbaugh. AS far as learned, only one
Shoshone, by the name of Humpy, escaped,
Who was the Indian who saved the life of
Capt. Henry in Crooks second fight this sum-
meg.
From late San francisco papers we CLEAN
some additional particulars of the recent terri
i,le calamity at a Chinese theater In that city,
brief mention of which has been made hereto
fore. 1t appears that the disaster was occa-
stoned by the mating catching FIRE from e
Chinaman's cigarette. cry of fire was imme-
d;ately raised. It vas benefit night, and the
gallery and auditorium were crowded to their
utmost capacity with fully 1900, all men.
Those in the lower and upper circles rushed Tor
the door. The crowd eurging from the audito-
rum broke the door down. while an I'M
mense mass from the gallery broke down the
staircase snd precipitated themselves on the
heads below. The large, heavy double doors'
twelve by six feet, were wrested off their hinges
and twenty-five or thirty men from above fell
upon them and crushed large number beneath.
1t was impossible to extricate them. and they
were trannpled and mangled by the panic