The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-09-16
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
DOMESTIC ITEMS.
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temperance, of Charles Rust an employe OF
the Roberts Torpedo Company, of Sawyer, a
village near Bradford. Pa, four men were in
stantly killed, three fatally injured and several
persons seriously injured.
-Four thousand acres of timber and
5000 acres Of wheat on the farm Of David
Tracy, near Erie, Pa, were destroyed by q
forest fire.
Shinkel, of the Cornell crew, has ar
rived from Europe and will bring suit at Ith-
AGA against his felow-oarsmen for defamation
of character
Ex-Secretary Stuart, of the Brooklyn
Board OF Education, has been put under 3d.
900 bonds to answer for embezzlement. The
amount of the shortage is 100000.
BY the burning of bridge over
Spring creek, on the Pennsylvania road, a
freight train was precipitated into a ravine
William Kepperly, the engineer, and Charles
Parks. the fireman, were roasted alive.
West.
There was a heavy snow-storn in the
Black Hills on the 5th and 9th of September.
Six inches of snow fell at Deadwood City
Two inches of snow fell at Hastings, Neb., on
the 9th inst.
The Governor of New Mexico has or
ganized companies Of militia at Las Cruces and
La Mesilla. Two companies are forming at
Socorro, one at Rincon, one in the Black range,
and one at Santa Fe. The Governor called on
the Secretary OF War for 1000 stand of arms
now at Fort Union and fair supply Of ammu-
milton. sm .&
Three of the bandits who engaged in
the robbery of the Chicago and Alton train
near Glendale Mo-, were arrested near the
scene Of their crime by the Sheriff of Saline
tounty, and have been fully identified. Their
names are Greed Chapman, Samuel Chapman
and John Burglar, and they reside not twenty
miles from Independence. 1t is believed that
nearly $4,000 WAS taken from the passengers
and thrown into pillow-case as the robbers
walked through the cars.
A Kansas City dispatch says that six
Of the Glendale train-robbers have been cap
tured. They prove to be young farmers living
i'll the immediate vicinity Of the outrage and
the idea that the James brothers were in the
raid has been quite generally abandoned. Matt
Chapman gave to Sheriff the names Of the
robbers, and has himself been placed in Jail at
independence as a witness.
Rev. DIR. Fl. w. Thomas, OF Chicago,
who has for several days been under investga-
ton as q hereto, has been found guilty ON all
the charges, and will be deprived of fellowship
in the Methodist church until he can be formal
ly tried at tho annual conference at Syca-
more. ILL.,
A dispatch from Tucson, Arizona, says
that supplies OF all kinds are being rapidly
pushed forward to the front A punishment
not to be forgotten will be dealt out to the
treacherous murderers Of the lamented Hentig
and the brave men who fell with him. At no
time in the last ten years, in that Territory has
there been such quick and rapid placing of
troops in different portions threatened by hos
tiles as has been done on this occasion.
Another Indian war, but of small di-
mansions, is threatened. For some time past
the Southern Utes have been fleeing from their
present reservation in order TO avoid being
transferred to the new reservation set apart for
them in Utah, and some of those that remain
threaten to resist removal The women and
children are being removed, in order, as it is
reported, to give the warriors q better opportu-
nifty to take tho war path. ##R@
The steamer Gen. Sherman, employed
in the Government service upon the Missouri
and Yellowstone rivers, arrived at Fort Yates
to transfer Sitting Bull to Fort Randall. The
old chief refused TO leave Standing Rock
Agency, aud, when told that he must CO. de-
clared he would die rather than go aboard
the steamer A squad of soldiers seized
Rndl bound tho chief, and stalwart
bue-coat took him upon his shoulder
much as granger would his bag OF wheat, and
deposited him in the cabin Of the steamer
The resistance Of Sitting Bull and his appeal to
the other indians for assistance provoked a
ripple OF characterization, and at one time
mutiny seemed imminent. The troops, know
ing how treacherous the Indian is, stood in
readiness TO open fire upon the insurrectionists.
The redskins, finding that only repulse and
severe punishment awaited them in case they
attempted the release of their chief, went quiet
" aboard the steamer.
The slaughter-house eff Libby,
McNeill h Libby, at the Union Stock Yards,
near Chicago, has been burned. Loss esti-
mated at 100000.
Chicago is doing more building this
year thOnip any year since the one which fol-
lowed the great fire. Tw, million brick per
day are being laid "a "a, ,.. .........
Gov. Crittenden, of Missouri, told
man who protested to be friend Of the
James boys that they could have an impartial
trial, should they surrender.
South.
Fire at Homecoming, Nd, destroyed
the business portion OF the town, including
fifteen dwellings, Loss estimated at 100000;
Insurance, $4,000
Notwithstanding the drought, the Ten
nessee Board of Agriculture expect half crop
of cotton, corn and tobacco.
The death is announced Of Sidney
Lanier, the poet He died in North Carolina,
whittier he went for the benefit of his health.
Fort Smith, Ark, was the scene of
wholesale execution on Friday, Sept. 9. Amos
and Abner Manly, Creek Indians, aged respect
lively 10 and 20, and William Brown, GeorgeW
Padgett and Patrick MCGOWAN, white men,
were hanged for murders committed at various
dates during the past two years in the Indian
Territory. The condemned had been hoping
for Presidential clemency, but Attorney General
Macvesgh telegrsphed that nothing could be
done for them. Tulwahacgo, a Seminole In
dian, found guilty of murder and sentenced to
hang, was granted respite.
A railroad accident ner Anchorage
Ky, killed seven persons and injured many
others, among them Alexander II. Afford, an
attorney Of Louisville. N
In fight between the police and strik-
ing handlers, at New Orleans, one of the rioters
was killed by policeman, who barely escaped
with his life. Another officer was set upon bv
the mob and nearly beaten to death. The mill
itia had to be called out to suppress the riot
ing.
A lynching mob numbering about 100.
surrounded the jail at Dardanelle Ark, and
took therefrom two murderers named Taylo,