The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-10
DOMESTIC NEWS.

urers of printing presses, have failed.
A shocking calamity occurred near White
hall, N. Y, q few days ago. A pleasure party,
consisting of thirteen men, women and girls,
were crossing Putnam's pond in email row
boat when a sudden squat capsized the frail
craft. Although but few rods from the shore
when the boat upset, ten of the party were
drowned before assistance could reach them.
south.
4 dispatch from Columbia, s. c.. says: ''The
inquest over the victims at Hamburg has been
brought to close. The verdict charges Gen.
M. G. Butler, Col. A. P. Butler DR.. Pierce But
Ter, the Rev. j. Meeling, and ffty-three other
citizens of Aiken and Edgefeld counties, and
thirty Georgians, with murder. The inquest
has been searching and exhaustive, and the
verdict has been reached at the earliest practi-
cable time. Warrants of arrest for ali persons
charged with the crime are now in the hands
of the Sheriff of Aiken county"
West.
A Cheyenne dispatch states that the stage
coach of the Sweetwater Stage Company was
halted by masked men last week, three miles from
South Pass City. Themen presented revolvers to
There being no passengers on board, the rob-
bers left, doing no harm, but leaving over
81, 900 in registered packages in the mailbag.
Robert Clarke, aged 81, and Nora Mckay,
aged II, both of Cleveland, o., met a few days
ago at the house of a friend by appointment.
While there quarrel ensued; Clarke, drawing
q revolver, fired three shots at Nora one OF
them taking effect in her thigh. Thinking he
had killed her, he placed the weapon at the
side of his head and fired, wounding himself
MORALLY.
Three of the bandits who robbed the railroad
train near Otterville, Mo-, some three or four
weeks ago, have been arrested. and $4,000 of
the stolen money recovered. The parties ar
rested are Bruce Younger, Hobbs Carey and
Charles Pitts, all residents CT Crawford county,
Kan.
News from the Black Hills, says Laramie
dispatch, g continues of the most encouraging
character People are returning daily with
large quantity of dust, and not GROWER among
them. All speak of Deadwood and that north
ern country in glowing terms. 1t is said that
at least 81, OOO 600 is cached in the vicinity of
Deadwood City, Custer is growing lively again,
and many still think that Custer City will make
the commercial town of that northern coun try
Tue Cheyenne and Black Hills stage line isnow
making regular trips and it's coaches are
crowded with passengers"
An Indian who recently arrived at Red Cloud
Agency from the hostile camp says Sitting Bull
is fully prepared and eager to meet Crook or
Terry, or both combined, and feels confident
of his ability to whip them. He further states
that reinforcements are joining the hostiles
from the north and British America, and a few
from Minnesota.
A SAG nugget, taken from the Deadwood
(Black Hills) diggings, has been received at
Laramie.
The Indians at the Cheyenne Agency have
requested the United States to suspend hostile
operations against Sitting Bull and the Sioux
with him for eight weeks, in order that they
1.-THE Cheyenne Sioux may visit the hostile In
dams and arrange for peace. 1t is hardly
likely that their request will be aoceded to.
The steamer Carroll, which arrived at Bis
marck from the Yellowstone last week, brought
an interesting budget of news from the Indian
seat of war. The exact location of the hostile
Indians. now estimated at s, 600, is matter OF
uncertainty, though Gems. Crook and Terry are
OF the opinion that the main body of Sitting
Bulls forces is still near the source of the Lit
tie Big Horn It is evident that no attack will
be made until junction is effected between
Crook and Terry, both of whom are meeting
with difficulties on their march by reason OF the
scarcity of forage, the Indians having burned
the grass over large extent of country. Gen.
Terry had fallen back eighty miles from his
camp on the Big Horn, and was near the mouth
of the Rosebud. The surrounding country. had
been fred by the Indians, and prairie fires ex-
tending many miles could be seen in every d.
rection, and Gen. Terry found it difficult to get
grazing for his horses.
Chicago papers give the particulars of fatal
affray between two well-known citizens, Alex
ander Sullivan, Secretary of the Board OF
Public Works, and Francis Hanford, Principal
of the North Side High School, resulting in the
death of the latter from pistol-shot wound