The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-02-28

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Court, and hitherto an honored citizen of st.
Louis, Isl defaulter to the amount of 100000.
West.
The Linden Hotel, the leading hostelry of
st. Louis, has been the scene of q sensational
tragedy. A young man and woman called at
the hotel, registered as John and Maggie Gum
binger, and engaged room. The next morn
ing pistol-shots were heard in the room occu-
pied by the couple, and upon investigation the
shocking discovery was made that the young
man had shot the girl and then taken his own
life. They were both residents of the city, and
belonged to respectable families. The cause
of the tragedy was the refusal of the girls
parents to sanction the marriage of the young
man with their daughter.
Heavy rains and destructive floods are re-
ported tn California.
Chicago elevators, as per official record.
contain 1,363,684 bushels of wheat 585, 800
bushels of corn; 259,326 bushels of oats; ;
1904 bushels Of rye, and 1923, 934 bushels of
barley, making grand total of 3,119,847
bushels, against 1922 155 bushels at this period
last year.
The Indians have been long time quiet for
so mild a winter season. but fresh raid is now
reported from Fort McKavett, Texas, by Adjt.
Gen. Vincent via San Antonio No details
are given, except that troops have been sent in
pursuit of the hostiles.
Three men were instantly killed, and another
mortally wounded, by the explosion of s. boiler
in Palmyra CMo.) saw mill, few days ago.
John J. Moore, a postal clerk, was recently
arrested at Fremont, Neb., for robbing the
United States mails of q package containing
SIS, 900. The robbery was committed in Au-
gust, 1877. The money has been recovered,
and Moore makes full confession of his crime.
He has been taken to Chicago for trial.
A fire at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago,
last week, burned the large slaughter-house of
Nelson Morris, involving loss Of 1920, 900.
BY the burning of the Wisconsin Insane Asy-
lum in Sheboygan county, Wis, few days ago,
four of the unfortunate inmates-two men and
two women-lost their lives.
The two murderers of Hugh McConville,
who committed the crime at Chicago some
weeks since, have been found guilty and SEN
fenced to death.
Chicago pork-packers have handled and
packed 1874, $40 hogs from Nov. to date,
being 838,581 more than for the corresponding
period last season.
Frank Rande, the ellison Qll) desperate,
has been found guilty of murder and sentenced
to the penitentiary for life.
The bank of Temple & Workman, at Los
Angeles, Cal, now in the hands of the United
States Assignee in Bankruptcy, was burglar
lied one night last week Of $4,000.
Duncan, the defaulting President of the
Pioneer Bank of San Francisco, CAL, has been
arrested in that city, where he had been hid
ing all the time, and will be prosecuted for his
crime.
South.
The Tennessee State Grange, recently in
session at Nashville, adopted resolution that
mand the repeal of the Resumption act, the
reconciliation of silver, free banking, limited
only by the demands of trade and uncontrolled
as to volume by the General Government, and
the payment OF all its interest bearing obliga-
tons according to the strictest construction Of
the original contract.
In the Superior Criminal Court of New Or
leans, last week, Thomas G. Anderson, the
convicted Returning Board member, was ar
raigned before Judge Whitaker, and SEN
fenced to two years at hard labor in the peni-
Tertiary. The petition was presented for the
transfer of the Wells, Casanave, and Kenner
cases to the Circuit Court
Deputy Collector Davis, of Nashville, has
just made a successful raid among the moon
sinners Of Putnam, DeKalb and White coun-
ties, in East Tennessee. He destroyed four
teen illicit stills and captured number Of
moonshiners.