The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-05
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
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The Presidents visit to Boston, last week,
was the occasion of a holiday in the city, nearly
the entire population turning out to honor the
Chief Magistrate. There was grand review
of the State militia, an immense procession,a
banquet, speech-making, and happy time gen.
orally.
Columbia was beaten easily by Harvard, in
the college boat race at Springfield, Mass.
The President was present at the Harvard
College commencement exercises, last week
had the degree of LII. D conferred upon
him, was banqueted in the evening, and made
a short speech to the collegians.
A chapter of accidents: -Four miners were
| killed at Sussex, N. J., the other day, by being
precipitated into mine, caused by the break
ing of the rope while being drawn up.-Four
men, named Covert, Fetter, Dunkelberg and
Eichelberger, fishing from boat fastened to
dam in the Susquehanna river, near Clarks
Ferry, Pa, were swept over the DAM and all
except Eichelberger we're drowned.-Charles
Sims. John Colston, and Henry Seaman were
killed in Brooklyn, N. Y. by the fall of sugar
pan which was being hoisted into Ackerhausen
& Schafer's refnery-The house of Mr.
Latreille of Rochesterville, Ontario, was
burned, and his son, aged II, persisted in the
flames. Mrs Latreille and her mother were
fatally burned. .H
Nathan L. Lanheim. banker, of Great
Bend, Pa, has been sentenced to four years in
the State penitentiary for perjury.
! Public faith in the stability Of insurance
companies has been severely shaken by the re-
Violations of the Charter Oak Life Insurance
Company, hitherto regarded as one of the
soundest institutions in the country. A
committee Of the Connecticut Legislature
has just reported to the State Insurance
Commissioner that there is an actual deficit in
the assets of the Charter Oak of So, 900, 00O
and that there are questionable assets of over
$1,735,OOO
| By the explosion of an excursion steamer
on Silver lake, near Plymouth, Mass, few
days ago, eighteen persons were badly scalded,
several of whom, it is thought, cannot recover.
A strike of all the compositors in the New
York Tribune Office occurred few nights since.
They claim that they cannot earn livelihood
under the terms and conditions demanded by the
proprietors, namely Introduction of the price
decomposition to 40 cents per 200 ems for night
! and SO cents for day composition the disallow-
ance of double price for tabular matter, and
| compensation while waiting for copy in the
| small hours Of the morning and compelling
Of compositors to work by the piece or time, at
the discretion of the foreman.
| Harvard has achieved another victory. hay
ing defeated Yale in the eight-oared boat race
at Springfield, Mass.
! There were thirty-two failures of business
firms and individuals in New York city during
the month Of June. The total liabilities we're
81, 092 430, and the assets $699, 492.
Another stage-coach robbery is reported from
the Black Hills. Near Cheyenne river five
masked men stopped the mail coach, relieved
the passengers of $4,000, blew open the iron
treasure-box and carried Off its contents.
Some shots were exchanged, and the driver of
the stage was slightly wounded.
News from Idaho seems to define the posi-
ton Of the Indians as similar to that of the
Modocs when they got into the lava-beds. The
Nez Perces. at last accounts were strongly
posted on the Salmon river, and, from the ma
ture Of the country, they can offer long and
bloody resistance to any number of troops
brought against them. They seem to have
abandoned their raids, and are patiently await
ing a fight.
The town Of shelbyville, Ind, has been the
scene of a most distressing tragedy A Ger
man named Webber, while temporarily insane,
stabbed his little daughter, aged years, with
pair of scissors, inficting fatal wound, and
then ended his own miserable existence by
plunging into the river and drowning himself
| shocking accident occurred in the suburbs
OF Hannibal, Mo-, a few days since. Mr. Geo.
! l.. Crosby, accompanied by his wife. little
daughter Mollie, aged 9, and little son Roy,
aged years, was driving in buggy across
swollen stream, when the bridge gave way,
precipitating the vehicle and it's inmates into
the raging torrent. Before assistance could
reach them the entire family were drowned.
/ Those pestiferous Nez Perces Indians, who
have been kicking up such row in Idaho, are
now threatening to clean out the settlers in the
Bitter Root valley, in Western Montana The
latter have appealed to the Governor for as
sistance.
Advices from the scene of the Indian troubles
In Idaho Territory state that Gen. Howard,
with detachment of troops, had made re-
| connoissance to the scene of Col. Perry's late
battle with the Indians and found and buried
twenty-seven of the dead soldiers, which leaves
SIX bodies yet to be found. Those buried were
IN such an advanced stage of decomposition as
Ito be unrecognizable. All arms and equip