The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-06-07


minatlon OF the young grasshoppers and the
sheet-iron is required for the construction of
machine for the effective utilization of tie tar.
The machine is simple in its construction. A.
strip of sheet-iron, twelve or fifteen feet
long, is bent up on one edge sufficient
| ly to admit of its passing over Jumps of
| earth. Other strips, from four to six inches
WIDE are riyeted on the other edge and at each
end, forming a kind of scoop. A wire is at
| tached to each front corner of the scoop, by
which it can be drawn over the ground.
chain or rope is fastened SO that it will drag
| upon the ground about eighteen inches in
advance of the machine. This will scare up
the grasshoppers. The inside of the scoop is
thickly plastered with coal-tar, and the machine
is dragged across the field against the wind.
| Millions of 'hoppers will stick to the tar. When
the scoop gets full the driver can either scrape
| off the insects in heap and burn them or
| blaze them against the bottom of the machine.
This exterminator is said to be working adnair-
ably. 1t beats the Irishman's plan for exter-
minating f1eas.
| The bill passed by the Illinois Legislature
at it's late session, making silver coins legal
tender for the payment of debts, failed to be-
come law, by reason of Executive non-ap-
prevail.
| George Schneider, of Chicago has been COM
| PEELED, on account Of the pressure of private
business, to decline the post of Minister to
| Switzerland, recently rendered to him by the
President.
| The trial, at Springfield, ILL.,, of the fellows
Hughes and Mullens. who some months ago
made al attempt to rob the tomb of Abraham,
Lincoln Of it's contents, has resulted in their
conviction and a sentence of one year in the
State prison.
John Gregory. Henry Walters, and man
named Pope were recently killed and terribly
mangled by an explosion of powder in a silver
mine near Georgetown, COL
An attempt was recently made at Salt Lake
City, Utah, by some unknown man, presuma-
bly, a Mormon, to assassinate Jerome B. Still
son, correspondent of the New York Herald
Crop reports from Iowa, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa and Kansas indicate that in portions of
the latter two States the grasshoppers are at
work, and in some places the farmers are en-
ergetically fighting them with tar. Aside from
these pests and local depredations by chinch-
bugs, all four States present excellent pros
poets for wheat, oat and rye crops. Corn
planting is about over, and that which has
come up looks well.
Gen. Miles narrowly escaped assassination at
! the hands of two treacherous Indian chiefs,
just before his recent battle on the Rosebud.
It appears that just before the fight commenced
Gen. Miles told his interpreter to halloo out to
the Indians in their language that if they sur
rendered and laid down their arms they would
be saved. AS soon as he had done so the two
chiefs, Lame Deer and Iron Star, came toward
Gen. Miles ON foot. When they got within
about fifteen PAGES of him they laid their guns
on the ground, and, walking up to him, shook
hands with him and his Adiutant, Lieut. Baird
While they were doing this, Gen. Miles ordered
his aid to dismount and get their guns.
Scarcely had the aid touched the ground when
the Indians stepped back, took up their guns,
and one Of them fired at Gen. Miles, Fortu-
nately, Gen. Miles, just at that moment, seeing
horse around so that the bullet, instead of
hitting him, passed by, killing man in his
rear. The two chiefs were instantly shot down
in their tracks
A diabolical attempt was recently made to
wreck and plumber train on the st. Louis and
San Francisco railroad, near Woodend Station,
| fifty miles west of st. Louis. DISTINCTIONS
were placed on the track and two of the rails
displaced, throwing the engine and baggage
car down aR enbankment forty feet high.
The engineer and fireman and Dr. E. L. Atlzin-
son, the physician of the road, were killed.
The intention was to throw the entire train
from the track, evidently with the object of
robbery. Several shots were fred and
the passengers say they saw five men standing
near who were revealed by the flashes from
their pistols, but nobody was hit.
Another Western railroad has been added to
the already very large list Of bankrupt roads.
The victim this time is the West Wisconsin, one
of the principal Wisconsin lines. It has been
placed in the hands of a receiver.
| Crop prospects in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and
Kansas, reported by farmers themselves, con-
tinue favorable for a bountiful harvest. Re-
gions which two years ago were devastated by
the grasshoppers are suffering very slightly
from this cause this year.
| terrific hurricane passed over the town Of
Mt. Carmel, Wabash county, Ill, lately, al
most destroying the thriving little city. Some
twenty people were killed, $50 wounded. and
property to the value of $500, 900 destroyed.
The most prominent buildings destroyed were
| the Court House, three churches, twenty bust
ness houses, and two school houses. Besides
! these, $50 residences were DESTROYED or dam
! aged either by wind or fire. Aconsiderable
number of those in ured by the falling build
ings will probably die. After The storm had
passed the town took fire, and much damage
was done in this way.
south.
| destructive fire is reported at Union Court
| House S. c. half the best business norton of