The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-05-11
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.


The Pennsylvania House of Representatives
has expelled Representative Lynott, of Luzerne
county, for having received money in connec-
ton with his vote upon the Boom bill. The
House refused his resignation The Journal
Clerk Skinner, owing to complications in the
same matter, resigned.
The quarrel between the two managing
boards of the Centennial exposition has been
settled in a manner eminently American by the
appointment of another board. The police
force will hereafter be under the control of
police board, consisting of five members with
Gen. Hawley as chairman.
The Centennial Managers have reco1sidered
their determination to prohibit the sale of
liquors on the Exposition grounds, and restau-
rants and saloons are now free to sell liquors of
all kinds.
Thomas w. Piper now under sentence of
death at Boston, has confessed not only that he
murdered Mabel Young in the belfry of the
Warren Avenue Baptist church, for which muir
der he is to be hung on May 26, but also that he
murdered Bridget Landergan, at Dorchester,
on the night of December 5, 1878, and that he
was the principal in the mysterious and nearly
fatal assault on Mary Tyner, in Oxford street,
Boston, nearly two years ago.
Ten prominent members of the MoIlie Ma
guire Association have been arrested at Potts
ville Pa, and lodged in jail, charged with
conspiring to murder.
A fire at Williamsport, Pa, last week,
burned all the lumber piles on about twenty
acres of ground, comprising 100000 feet of
The most strenuous efforts have been made
to induce the President to pardon Mckee, the
convicted St. Louis journalist, but he peremp-
torily refuses to intercede.
There is great controversy and much excite
ment in Philadelphia over the action of the
Board of Managers in deciding to close the Ex-
position on Sundays, and strong efforts are be-
ing made to induce the managers to open the
grounds Oh Sundays, as ON other days.
Miss Anna E. Dickinson, the well-known
lecturer, made her debut on the dramatic stage
at the Globe theater, in Boston, few nights
40 \ in the presence of a vast audience. She
was called before the curtain at the end of each
act. and four times after the play was over. re-
firing each time overburdened with flowers.
Miss Dickinson's first appearance, says CORE
spondent, was disappointing in that it lacked
originality, soul, and real instinct. Neverthe-
less, it showed that, with the energy and deter
mination which she possesses to such remark
able degree, she may become a successful
actress.
West.
The disturbances in the coal-mining region
near Massillon, Ohio, have eliminated In open
lawlessness. few nights since forty masked
men visited the mines, seized the watchmen
and set the coaI-shafts on fire. None of the
incendiaries were recognized.
Nebraska crop item: 'Reports from this
section of the State (Omaha) show that there
is the finest fruit promise ever known In the |
history of the State. The trees and bushes are
covered with blossoms. The acreage sown this |
spring in small grains is very large, and though |
the season is somewhat late, people are conf |
dent of immense crops"
4 shocking domestic tragedy was enacted in
Chicago one day last week. Anthony Gehr- |
ing, a German newspaper carrier, murdered |
his wife, to whom he had been married but |
short time, and then took his own life. The |
weapon used was an Allen revolver. Jealousy |
was the cause.
The excitement about the Chinese continues
at San Francisco and it is feared unless some
action is taken by the Federal Government
serious disturbances will occur. At public
meeting in that city, few days ago, the most