The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04

in putting out the flames received. I. In the
Court of General Sessions at Kingstree, S. c.,
man named Ward was found guilty of forgery
and as soon as the verdict was announced he
rose from his seat within the bar, drew pistol
and fired twice, deliberately, at two men named
Harper and Lane, the principal witnesses against
him. Harper is uphurt, but the second shot
wounded Lane in both hands.
ARAIN storm of unparalleled violence
and destructiveness recently visited Bracket,
Texas, and vicinity. The rain came down in
torrents, flooding the streete SO that toward
evening the ground-hoor of every building in
the town was from five to eight feet under
water. Houses were swept away by the tor
rents. and in many of them were human beings
AT least twenty persons are known to have
persisted IN the foods. The storm also
visited Calvert, and did serious damage. .
The Vulcan Iron and Nail works at Chattanooga,
Tenn. have suspended, with liabilities exceed
ing $350,000 and assets amounting to about
100000.
A TERRIBLE cyclone recently visited
Savoy, on the Texas Pacific railroad in North
ern Texas, totally destroying the town and kill
ing nine persons and woundlng sixty, some of
whom will die. Its appearance is described by
persons who saw it as funnel-shaped cloud,
blazing with light, from which were emitted
constantly sparkling balls of fire. The cloud
struck the business portion of the town and
passed to the southwest, leaving death and des-
truction in it's wake. Not a single business
house remained standing. Less than half q
dozen edifces altogether were left with four
walls. The storm lasted hardly over q minute,
and was succeeded by tremendous rain.
In Baltimore, on Decoration day, a
party of negroes entered beer saloon, ordered
some beer, but refused to pay for it. The
proprietor of the saloon tried to eject
them, on which they raided the house. The
scuffie ensued, during which one man was
killed and several others wounded.
A colored Baptist preacher at Starkville, Miss,
who had manifested an undue fondness for
another mans wife, was shot dead by the
wronged husband. st. Louis papers chroni-
Gle the death in that city of Sherrard Clemens,
for thirteen years member of Congress from
Virginia. He died pauper.
A FARMER named Bradley, living near
Clear Lake, Collin county, Texas, sold some
cattle and gave his wife the proceeds of the
sale, 5000, for safe-keeping. During the alb
sence of Bradley and about midnight, two rob-
bers entered the house, cut Mrs. Bradley's
throat and obtained possession of the money.
just as they were about departing with the
booty, a stranger who was provided with bed
On the porch heard the groans of the dying
woman and, observing the departing robbers,
snatched six-shooter and fired instantly,
Both the robbers who turned out to be women
of the neighborhood, were killed. one beng
shot through the heart the other through the
head.
A MOB attempted to lynch negro
charged with rape and in Jail at Texarkana,
Ark, but the friends of the prisoner fired on
them, and eight persons were wounded, some
fatally.
GENERAL
IcEBERGs in the Atlantic off the coast
of Newfoundland continue to strike terror to
the hearts of the Transatlantic mariners The
steamer Marengo reports sighting several on
the 10Th of May.
Four murderers and one ravisher
were executed on Friday, May 28-Thomas B.
Edmunds, at Ozark, Ark; Peter King, at
Woodsfeld, Ohio L. L. Ford, in Crittenden
county, Ark, and Charles Bollinger, colored, at
Hanover Court House, Va.
In the contest for the baseball cham
pionship of the United States, the close of the
first months play found the Chicago Club lead
ing, all competitors as the following record will
chow