The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-15

DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
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The Chase and the Faulkner mills. at
Lowell Mass, have been destroyed by fire.
Loss estimated at 100000.
Prof. Benjamin Pierce, the celebrated
mathematician and professor at Harvard Col
lege is dead.
James Mcdowell, a messenger for the
Marine Bank, at New York, was robbed in a
Wall street stage Of pocket-book containing
@2l,953.
An accident on the Boston and Fitch
burg railroad, near Littleton, Mass, resulted in
the death of two passengers, and injuries, more
or less serious, to fifteen others.
Several yellow fever patients have
been admitted to the Quarantine Hospital at
New York.
There has been q serious accident on
the New York and New England railroad, near
Willimantic, Ct, caused by q collision between
passenger accommodation train and an extra
freight train. The wreck was bad one. En-
gineers Kenyon and Flood and Firemen Forsyth
and Hurley and Conductor Aldrich, of the freight
train were killed.
French & Wards wooden mills at West
stoughton, Mass, with contents, have been
destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at
100000.
Exports from New York, exclusive of
specie, since Jan. l. are $58, OOO 900 in excess of
the exports for the same period of last year.
A man named Carson and two boys
undertook to go through railroad tunnel near
Huntington, Pa, and were struck by passen-
ger train and killed.
A Pittsburgh dispatch of the 10Th saws
the deaths by tho dneful accident upon the
Pennsylvania railroad now number twenty
seven and eight or ten others are not expected
to survive. Tho whole city is in mourning. for
many among the killed were well known and
widely connected.
West.
DIR. r. Fl. Williamson, well-known
and respected physician of Milwaukee, has
made an unsuccessful attempt at sef-murder
by poisoning. Cause, domestic troubles.
A fearful tragedy has been enacted
near New Canton, Pike county, H. 1t seems
that six miles from that town lived family
named Baker, consisting of father, mother, and
two daughters. A young man named Sellers
had been working for the family. While Mr..
Baker was from home, Sellers insisted that
the daughter aged Is years, to whom he
had become attached, should promise to marry
HIM. This was refused, when Sellers drew q
revolver and first shot the dog, and then i'm
medistely shot the mother and the daughter
aged 10. He then placed the muzzle to his own
temple and fired. Every shot was instantly
fatal.
Two negroes at political meeting
near Wyandotte, Kan, had terrible fight.
One, named Mason. demanded some money
from George Harding, which was refused.
Mason seized huge knife and rushed at
Harding, but was shot through the breast, not,
however, before he cut the shooter four times.
Both are dead
John MHlhem, aged Is, while char
iyaring newly-mOrried couple at the home of
5. Bmkey, in Monroe, Wis, was shot dead by
oHAASgs Liz luuIueTer was arrested.
A serious row occurred at Shelbyville,
Ind day or two before the recent election. in
which Sheriff McCorkle was killed. Two po-
htical meetings were held in the town. Repub-
lican and Greenback respectively. During the
afternoon a number of alterations occurred
between Democrats and Republicans, but with
out serious result. Subsequently a row took
place in saloon between Democrats
and Republicans, and Sheriff MeCorkle quelled
The disturbance. He left the saloon and walked
down the street with Ed Kennedy, a Republican
who had been in the fracas in charge. He adj
ylsed Kennedy to so home, which the latter
promised to do. At this time another general
fight took place. and number of shots were
fired, one of which struck the Sheriff in the
breast, passed through the upper part of the
left lung, resulting in his death.
-Four persons were killed by an acct
dent on the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul
railroad near Byron, III.
John Taylor has been elected Presi-
dent of tho Mormon church, vice Brigham
Young, deceased.
The Nez Perces Indians of Oregon are
again becoming troublesome.
The Academy of Music, on Halsted
and Madison streets, Chicago has been par
italy destroyed by fire. Loss s45,OOO Sew
eral iremen were severely hurt by the falling
OF the roof of the burning structure.
South.
GEORGIA held an election for State Of
tcers on the 9th inst Gov. Colouitt was re-
elected Governor by majority estimated at
$4,000.
AT Charlotte, N. O., the other night
ayoung man known as Doc Jenkins was play
ing a game of "seyen-up" with three other
men. and the stakes were quite heavy. Jenkins
was six in the game, and, holding a winning
card, was IN the act of throwing it when he
dropped dead, still holding in his death-grasp
the fatal card.
Gus Wilkins, of Washington, N. c.,
accused by his son, 10 years old. of stealing
cattle, got even with the lad by killing him.
George Lowry and David Thomas
have been hanged by the citizens of Nelson
county, Va, for having grossly assaulted and
robbed widow named Masse.
Luke Weiss, aged Is, of Baltimore
being whipped by his father, hanged himself
The 150th anniversary of the SETTLE
noant of DoIt;,,,o,a L.