The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-21
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.


Alonzo Bell, Assistant Secretary Of the In
terror, has brought suit in the Superior Court
of New York against the San, for alleged libel,
laying his damages at 100000.
Two trains came into collision near Point of
Rocks, Nd, on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
last week. and were badly smashed up. Five
persons were killed, two or three fatally
wounded, and q large number more Or less in
jured. The accident was caused by misunder-
standing on the part of the railroad employees.
1t now looks as if William NJ Tweed were
likely to spend the remainder of his natural
life behind prison bars. Attorney General
Fairchild, of New York, has rejected the EVIL
dence which the great thief proposed to give
against his confederates in consideration Of
his freedom, and he will likely remain in jail
until the Judgment against him of Sc, OOO,000
! ~. &c., - ~A:~c
| George Rignold, the actor, and his wife were
robbed the other day Of $4,000 worth of jew
| elry by New York hotel chainbermaid.
| fire at Pittsburgh, last week, destroyed the
Jacobus and Nimick hardware mandatory.
Estimated loss, 1925. 900; insurance, $4,000.
died at his home in Fairhayen, Ct, last week.
He was II years old. .t5: -~
Some Indignation has been excited among
the Hebrew population Of New York and Sara
toga by the refusal of the managers of the
Grand Union Hotel, at Saratoga, to entertain
people of their faith. Mr.. Joseph SeHgman
the wealthy Jewish banker Of New York, re-
Gently visited Saratoga and visited the Grand
Union, but was fatty refused apartments on
the ground that the presence of Hebrews in the
hotel Injuries its business The Grand Union is
the property of Mrs. A. T. Stewart
The class of 1880 (Freshmen) of Princeton
College, numbering nearly 100 young men. has
been suspended, and required to leave town.
Cause .'bulldozing" the faculty.
West.
The trial of Kate Noonan, at Minneapolis,
Mimi, for the murder of the young banker.
VIII FL. Sidle-a tragedy that produced i'm
mense excitement in Minnesota at the time of
it's occurrence resulted in disagreement
of the jury. #l-
The pestiferous grasshoppers have made their
appearance in some sections of California.
They are too late to harm the wheat, but are
destroying everything green.
A school census of st. Louis, recently taken
under the auspices of the School Board, shows
the following result Whole number of white
persons in the city, 2s5,071 whole number of
eolored persons, IA, 222 making the total popu-
lation 299, 293. 4H
A Catholic priest has just returned to Bis
marck, Oak, after spending several days at the
camp Of Sitting Bull, in the British Possessions.
The savage chief is irreconcilable in his hatred
of the Americans, and refused to entertain the
idea of surrendering. council was held, at
which it seemed to be determined that the hos
tiles will remain on the British side of the
line at present, being in no condition for sue
cessful offensive war. English officers were
present, who promised that the savages should
not be molested as long as they kept quiet,
A sad accident happened at a picnic on
Eagle lake, Racine county, Wis, a few days ago.
While a party were rowing in small boat on
the lake, the frail craft upset, drowning Mrs.
Oliver Gilbert, Miss Gilbert and Mrs. Goblet
and her child. T.t fafs
Indiana has lost two very prominent citizens
and United States Senators, namely, d. D.
Pratt, of Logansport, and John Petit, of La
fayette. MIR. Pratt died suddenly of heart dis
ease, at the age of "a. He was elected to the
United States Senate in 1869, ard was appoint
ed Commissioner of Internal Revenue by Gen.
Grant Judge Petit was 10 years old at the
time of his death. He has been United States
Senator, Representative in Congress and in the
Legislature, Mayor Of Lafayette, Judge Of the
Circuit Court, and Supreme Judge Of Indiana,
besides holding numerous subordinate posi-
tons.
Considerable excitement has been created in
San Francisco and Portland by the receipt of
news of serious uprising of Indians in Wash
ington Territory. A dispatch from Lieut.. VIII
kinson, at Wallula, reports the murder OF
whites at Mt. Idaho, and another dispatch tells