The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-07-02
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW
THE EAST

THE EAST.
The Steam Cordage Company's store
house at Eliza beth, n j., burned last week
Loss $75,OO0 insured. While the fremen
were at work the south wall fell, killing William
III. Wood, fireman, and William Losby, an en-
ploye in the rope works, fatally injurlng James
Marsh and James Moore, and seriously hurting
two other men. Two hotels and twenty-nine
stores were destroyed by fire at Tarport Pa.
GEORGE FEARN, an Englishman, has
performed remarkable feat in swimming at
New York He swan a distance of fifteen
miles, a portion of the way lying through the
fierce current of Hell Gate, i'll three hours,
twentyseyen minutes and forty-six seconds.
THE WEST.
THE Farmers and Mechanics Bank,
a State institution at st. Paul, Mimi, has
failed, with liabilities of about $4,000 and
assets of $102, 900. :. The Woodsdale Paper
Company's paper mill, near Hamilton,
Ohio, has been burned. Loss 100000 -.
Three boy murderers were hanged at Canton,
Ohio, on Friday, June Is. Two Of them, G. O.
Ohr and George W. Mann, were convicted of
the murder of John Wattmough, an aged
weaver, about a year ago, in order to obtain
possession of his money, only $5. The third
victim was George Sammet, who killed a party
who was q witness against him in burglary
trial. James Hade Brown was hanged at
Huntsville, Mo-, for having fatally shot his
mother-in-law some three years ago.
A PROMINENT real-estate dealer in
Chicago named Newell chose novel mode of
ending his existence. He left his home, in the
western part of the city, one evening, and his
wife received letter from him the same
night, written from a downtown no.
tel, saying that he had discovered that
lead was q better floating substance
than cork that, acting on this discovery, he
was about to invent a lead life-preserver, was
going out in one of the lake steamers to expert
ment with it, and on his return to the city
would sell his patent for 100000 and pay off
all his debts. There is no doubt that he went
out in the boat and tried the lead preserver,
and was of course drowned, for his clothes
were found on the boat on it's return to the CITY,
The deceased was financially embarrassed, and
was doubtless temporarily insane at the time of
committing the rash act
A PASSENGER train on the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe railway was thrown from
the track near Sargent, Kan, demolishing sew
eral cars, killing one passenger, fatally injuring
two, and severely wounding several others .
A terrible double tragedy is reported from Elk
dissipated habits, fired two balls into the
head Of his sweetheart, Mamie Dacey.
because, in the hope of curing his evil tenden-
cies, she had accepted other attentions and
then the drunken fend killed himself :. Near
Canton, Ohio, beautiful woman named Jennie
Landes attempted to murder q young man
with whom she was desperately in love, firing
one shot at him. She then put bullet through
her own head, and died almost instantly :.
A Wrecking train collided with freight train on
the Vandalia road about six miles from st.
Louis, causing the instant death of two men,
the fatal wounding of two Others and injuring
ten men more or less seriously. The wheat
crop in Kansas, except in the western counties,
has turned out to be much better than was
anticipated. The corn yield will be fully up to
the average.
In accordance with the custom of sew
eral years Augustin Days New York Theater
company is now making summer visit to
Haverlys Theater, in Chicago, where they APP
pear in last seasons New York successes, origin
ally produced at Days Theater. ga Modern
Arabian Night" a comedy by the authors of
''The Big Bonanza, is the attraction this week.
The stage from Challis, Idaho, for Salt
Lake, was robbed by six convicts who escaped
from the Idaho penitentiary. Seven passengers
in the coach, five men and two women were
robbed of all their valuables, amounting to- few
hundred dollars, and stripped of clothing, being
left absolutely naked. In that condition they
travelled several miles to the next station, where
sheets and blankets were obtained for covering
until they reached the Utah Northern railroad. .
Two soldiers named Taylor and Robinson at
Fort Stockton, quarreled about a woman, and
Robinson shot Taylor dead The murderer was
turned over to the civil authorities and the next
day was forced, under strong guard, to dig his
victims grave.
gems. POPE and Hatch have agreed
to scatter soldiers in small detachments over
all exposed territory in New Mexico, and to
give Gen. Buell. 900 men for active service. :.
Hoodoo Brown and Charley Frank, gamblers,
fired at each other across a table at Buena
Vista, Col. Brown is dead, and Frank cannot
live.