The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-01-16
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Inc supreme COurL OF 1ennSVlVaIlla
has just rendered a decision which has startled
the people from one end of the State to the
other The decision which is to the effect that
a widows dover remains unapproachable by
any power directed against her husband, will
affect the title to millions of dollars worth of
real estate in Pennsylvania, and lead to meal
culable litigation. ....t
Benz. Hunter, for the instigation of
the killing of John M. Armstrong, for the pur-
pose OF securing a life-insurance policy, was
hanged at Camden, N. j., on the 10th inst The
wretch had made two unsuccessful attempts ct
suicide--first by blood-letting and then by
starva6on-and was so weak and exhausted that
he had to be carried to the gallows and held up
while the rope was adjusted around his neck.
He died by strangulation.
The brewery of Peter Hauk, in New
ark, N. j., has been burned. Loss, 100000.
At New York, Madame Anderson has
completed her tremendous undertaking in pc
dastrianisrn--that of walking 2,T0O quarter
miles in 2, 700 consecutive quarter hours
West.
A bold robbery was perpetrated in the
city of Chicago the other day. Two men, in
cutter, drove up in front of jewelry store in
one OF the most crowded thoroughfares, at
O'Clock in the evening, alighted, broke the glass
showcase, seized $4,000 worth of diamonds,
leaped into the cutter, drove Off, and have not
since been heard Of -.
Fort Robinson, in Nebraska, has
been the scene of bloody emeute, resulting
m a wholesale slaughter of Indians and the
death and wounding of several soldiers. For
some time large number of Cheyenne Indians
who were engaged inthe raid in Western Ne
braska last summer, and were subsequently
captured, have been held under restraint at
that post. 1t having been determined by the
Government to send these savages south
into the Indian Territory, preparations
were being made to that end They declared
their determination not togo south, asserting
that they would die in resisting such move
ment The military tried to starve them into
submission, and even went 80 far as to deprive
them of fuel, but their stubborn natures would
not yield Finally it was determined to
place the two leading chiefs, Old Grow
and Wild Hog, in irons, and separate
them from the common Indians In
carrying out this step there was a furious
struggle between Wild Hog and the guards, in
which one of the latter was dangerously
stabbed. This affair caused the widest excite
ment among the savages. Some of them COM
menced chanting war song, and, at
gwen signal, the entire body made
a dash through their prison windows, and. fir
ing on the guard with revolvers which thew
had succeeded in concealing, all ran for the
open prairie. The guard opened fire on the
fleeing savages, shooting them down by dozens
IN the frozen snow, presenting scene
that discounts the custer massacre The
cavalry continued in pursuit of the retreat
ing savages, killing them without mercy. Four
soldiers of the Third cavalry were wounded
and one killed, having been shot through the
heart Dull Knife, the Cheyenne savage
leader, was numbered among the dead, having
been shot through the head Altogether be-
tween thirty and forty of the Indians were
killed and great many wounded 3U
III A fire on Main street, Cincinnati. de-
stroyed property valued at $150,OOO
At recent meeting in Toledo of
prominent horsemen of various Western cities
it was decided to arrange great Western
racing circuit ="
Two Umatilla Indian chiefs. White
Owl and Quit Jumps, have just been hanged
at Walla Walla Ore They both preserved
to the last the characteristic stoicism of their
race, dying with the death-chant on their lips.
Troy Dye, ex-Public Administrator
of Sacramento, CAL, who killed A. M Tullis
for the purpose of securing the emoluments
hat would accrue from administering on his
large estate, has been found guilty and SEN
fenced to death.
s In race at the Exposition building.
& Chicago, between a horse and professional pc
destrian, the former scored POI miles in 50
hours, the pedestrian making 149 miles in the
same time The equine was on the track 2716
hours, and averaged 8:21 per mile.
Advices from the Cheyenne River
Indian Agency report that runners had arrived