The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-06-17
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1NGs,

The reunion of the Army of the Poto-
mac was largely attended Daniel Dougherty
delivered an Grafton. Gen. Sherman, Robert
| T. Lincoln and others made speeches. Gen.
Devens was elected President, and Detroit as
the place for the reunion next year.
A startling revelation was made by the
experts who examined the hull of the wrecked
steamer Victoria, at London, Ontario. A large
hole was found stove in the bottom, confirm
ing the theory that she sank through pure
leakage. Where the hole was knocked in there
is no evidence, but it was probably on the pass
age to Springbank.
A disastrous fire visited the city of
Quebec on the night of the 9Th inst, and in the
course of eight hours burned over what is
known as the suburb of ST. John. Owing to the
fact that most of tho houses were of wood, to
the inter lack of water and the inefficiency of
The fire department, the confagration had full
Roadway and ceased mainly for want of mate
rial. Several persons we're burned to death.
Beside st. Johns Church, 657 houses and stores
were burned 1900 persons rendered homeless,
the loss amounting to about 81, 500, 900, insured
to the extent of $3.50, 900. The Provincial Leg
islature. being in session, voted the sufferers
| $4,000
An English corporation has made an
offer to the Government of Nova Scotia for the
entire railway system of the province, which
can be taken on certain terms fixed in the char
tiers of the respective roads. The Provincial
Legislature win soon be called together to con-
slider the scheme.
Gen. Joseph Il. Johnston has been in
terviewed in reference to the structures on him
as military man made by Jefferson Davis in
his recently published work. In reference to
Davis statement that he ought to have taken
Washington after the victory at Bull Run, he
said it was based on the hue-a nd-cry raised in
the South after the victory, and intimates
that Davis is either ignorant of the true
state of affairs or wiIlfully misrepresents
the facts. To take Washington at that
time he declares was impossible. Other state
ments of Davis Johnston pronounces utterly
false. Other parts Of the book which refer to
him he pronouaces as misleading, unjust
without foundation, and without justification,
except in the ignorance of the author as TO
matters of which he processes knowledge.
| Prof. Riley says the thirteen.year
and seyenteen-year locusts have appeared SIM
ultaneously in the West and South, for the
first time in two centuries, and will soon sud-
denly disappear.
Jay Gould has filed at Atchison ar
ticles Of incorporation for the Missouri Pacific
railroad, of Kansas, with a capital Of $500, 900,
to lay track from Atchison to Omaha. The
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy managers
have been threatening that in this event they
would construct line from Beatrice, Neb, to
Salina, Kan, which would cut three Gould
roads, and divide the livestock traffic of the
Union Pacific. 1t is probable that the South
west is to have lively war of construction
parties over the violation of an agreement.
A laborer who was recently injured on
the Canada Pacific railway, and is now lying in
the hospital at Winnipeg, confesses that he is
the lost Sir Roger Tchborne.