The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-05-29
at the time His body was not recovered, and
it is said that the remains of those who go over
the American falls never are found. 3i,

(MO.) railroad bridge over the MISSOURI river
for 100000, as a private speculation. Every
railroad car on the several roads crossing it
will have to pay him from 81 to IS. 80 {,
Reports to the Chicago Eater7Ocean
from several places in the Northwest indicate,
that winter wheat promises well except
in Kansas; that spring wheat occupies
a large acreage and is improving that the corn
crop bids fair to be the largest ever known;
that less oats have been sown and the crop is
backward; that the prospects for rye are not
very 1attering; that Of barley there is an aver.
age acreage, and that the 9hay crop will be
light. 10 f3fd }
"A murderer named Orlando Cassler
was hanged at Seward Neb., on the 2oshi Of
May. ...lr4 I1oi ''''"1 : :
At 'Terre Haute, Ind, a negro, named
Nelson, has been sentenced to the, penitentiary
one year and fined 81, 900 for marrying a white
woman. nev.N ~ :
John Jones, the leading colored citi-
zen of Chicago, is dead. He was an old resi-
dent, had accumulated quite large fortune,
had held important public trusts, and was
greatly respected by all classes Or
4 The jewelry store of Eugene Jaccard
& Co., in st. Louis, Mo-, was robbed of over
$4,000 worth of jewelry few nights ago.
A barn containing collection of wild
animals belonging to P. M. French, the circus
manager, was burned down at Detroit a few
nights ego, and quite a number of the beasts
persisted in the flames. The gigantic per-
forming elephant, Sultan, five large
performing lions. wo California lions, an ibex,
three kangaroos, one tiger, one zebra that had
been trained to trot in harness, a sacred COW
and her sacred calf, and Rocky mountain big
horned deer, were burned, besides an extensive
collection of stuffed animals. The scene dur
ing the. fire battles description. Two of the
lions fell upon each other and fought desperate
ly, and the cries and struggles of the other
imprisoned brutes was pitiful to witness. ="
The statement made by the Assignee
regarding the affairs of Archbishop Purcell
shows the total amount Of claims to be 1857,
651, and the assets of all kinds $1,1S1, 566, of
which $418, $50 are scheduled either as doubt
100000 out of which to pay the costoof iqu,-
dalton and administration, and distribute divi-
dends.g w ftS ~F.f.FT2 t--. -
F At Kewakurn, Wis, a4shocking MUIR
der was perpetrated a few days ago, by crazy
farmer named Altenhofer. He beat the, brains
out Of a 6-weeks-old child by knocking it's
head against the wall and cutting it's scalp open
with picture frame. He then carried the dead
infant two miles to a priest, and acknowledged
his crime
j. Phil Krieger, lJr., cashier Of the
collapsed Broadway Savings Bank, St. Louis
has been arrested on a criminal charge of mall
feasance in Office or embezzling funds from
the bank. ] III VI CT
A fire at Dallas, Ore, last week,
burned 100000 worth Of property. ~~<e.r -
In Chicago, the other day,a boy went
on top of Haverly's Theater building to recover
a baseball that had lodged on the roof, He
lost his footing and fell to the earth, distance
Of seventy feet He,was instantly killed, being
crushed to a pulp J SEsF ~ <~r,.,...
Buford, the murderer of Judge ELI
oft, at Frankfort, KY, has obtained a change of
venue to Owen county, and the trial has been
set for the second Tuesday of July. go.
The people of New Orleans are maxi
ing giant efforts to put their city in yellow
fever proof condition. They have provided for
the daily flushing Of the cutters with river
water, through the whole length Of the city.
Steam pumps are to be provided for the pur-,
pose; understanding machines are to be intro
duced, and boatslprepared for the transporta-
ton of filth to a safe distance down the river1a
Near Odenton, Md, few miles from
Washington city, last week, John Stnchcomb,
aged g. shot ana killed his brother Lewis, aged
IS, and then shot himself The two quarreled
about division of property. ~. .,..... ..
Great excitement prevails in Northern
Texas over the discovery of silver at Brown
wood, 100 miles southwest of Dallas. The
assay of ore proves that the vein is a very rich
one, A specimen of 100 grains of ore contained
70 per cent of silver. A daily paper has been
started, claims are being located, and hundreds
OF people are rushing there. u 3
Six persons were recently drowned
in the Calcasieu river, near Lake Charles, La,
by the capsizing of a small steamboat ''''''''
Advices from the silver-mining region
in Montgomery county, near Hot Springs, Ark,
are to the effect that rich ore, hear the surface,
has been discovered in many places, covering
an area OF, several miles. California, Nevada
and Colorado miners now there concur in say
ing that the prospect is very good. $50 says
Little Rock telegram.
- MYTH, POLITICAL POINTS. = e {
I u The Massachusetts, Greenback State
Committee have made preliminary arrange
ments for vigorous campaign in the fall ., :. =,