The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-07-13
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

The Centennial watch-night demonstrations
at Philadelphia on the evening of the Sd inst,
are described as brilliant and grard beyond all
comparison. procession containing thirty
thousand people, bearing torches, devices and
transparencies, paraded the streets up to mid
night, and when the stroke of IL o'clock was
heard, the advent of the one hundredth ami
versary of the nations birth was greeted by
vast multitude with cheers and rejoicings. The
exercises on the Fourth were carried out accor-
ding to the programme, and are described as
magnificent. The street pageant was one
OF the grandest ever witnessed. The
Declaration of Independence was read
from the original manuscript by grandson of
Richard Henry Lee. one of the signers of the
document, Bayard Taylor recited from memory
the poem which he had prepared for the occa-
sion and Hon. William NJ. Evarts delivered an
eloquent Grafton.
While DR.. Bucher, proprietor of drugstore
in Philadelphia, was preparing colored fires
for a pyrotechnic display on the 4th, there was
aterribIe explosion which shattered the building.
and then set it onfre, completely destroying it.
The Doctor was instantly killed. as was also his
brother, John H. Butcher, and Bernard Kanse-
man and William Young. j. G. Bucher father
of the Doctor was badly burned.
dispatch from Augusta, Me-. says Mr..
Blaine has now been home eight days. So far
there has been no special change in his case.
the nervous prostration is still a marked char
acter1stic. He is not able to leave his room,
and is almost entirely confined to his bed. His
physician thinks it will be many weeks before
he will resume active work. An European trip
is strongly recommended as soon as his strength
is suficien
Castle Garden, the famous old wooden
structure whereat millions of immigrants land
ing in New York have first set foot on the
shores of America, has been destroyed by fire.
West.
The city Of. Burlington, Iowa, was visited by a
terrific tornado on the night of July 4. Thirty
nine buildings were riddled to pieces, and
scarcely house in the city escaped injury.
Three persons were killed and a large number
of others more or less injured.
Twelve companies Of infantry-six from the
Department of the Missouri and six from the
Department of the Lakes-have been sent to
reinforce Gen. Terry.
Utah is organizing a regiment of !, 200 from
tiersmen to take part in the Indian campaign.
Jacob Rehns the ringleader of the Chicago
whisky conspirators, has been sentenced to six
months in the county Jail, and to pay fine of
$4,000.
The feeling of excitement and indignation
over the massacre of Gen. Custer and his COM
rades is intense throughout the West, particu-
larry in the Territories, and thousands of men
are eager to organize for the punishment of the
red devils. There is general feeling that the
Indians ought to be wiped out.
Crop reports from 23S points in Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee are
published in the Cincinnati Gazette. From
these reports it appears that the season thus
far has been very propitious for growing most
kinds of grain, but just as the harvest ap-
proaches there is threatened disaster from con-
tinued rains, from all points except Tennessee
and Southern Kentucky. Fears of the de-
struction of portion of the crops from this
cause are entertained As the crops now stand,
wheat promises yield of two-thirds oats, less
than an average crop: hay in abundance, but
rank and wee1y, and wheat suffering consider
ably from the ravages of the Weevil.
The Missouri railroad brigands, who have
been rather quiet since the disaster that befel