The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-05-27
DONESTLC INTELLIGENCE.

Hast.
The army-worm is destroying all kinds
OF vegetation in Northern New York
Nearly 100000 immigrants have land
I'd at New York since the beginning of the year.
Ex-Gov. Sprague, of Rhode Island,
End an old-time friend, DR. Greene, had per-
Sonal rencontre in the streets of Providence.
A bruised nose for one and a black eve for the
other were the extent of the damages
Proceedings against Kenward Philip.
Charles A. Byrne, Louis T. Post and Joseph
Hart for libel in the Morey matter, have been
ended by nolle prosequi.
r. NJ. Paisley, superintendent of the
Stewart coke works, at Uniontown, Pa, while
carrying sachel containing $4,000, was
knocked senselos5 by three men, who took the
money and drove on with .:9 horse and wagon,
Col. Thomas A. Scott, of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, died of paralysis at bis home,
uoar Darby, Pa. lie was 81 years old.
A tram on the Boston and Albany
road struck q light engine near Client, N. Y,
by which the engineer and fireman of the
passenger train were killed.
West.
A youth of 19, and two girls, aged 10
and 10 years, were drowned in Coon river, near
DeS Moines, lowe, by the upsstting of row.
boat.
Three fishing-boats were capsized at
the mouth of the Columbia river, off the coast
of Oregon, and all the occupants were
drowned.
Robert A. Baker, banker of Fond
du Lac Wis, has made an assignment to G.
II. Benton. The extent of his liabilities is
100000 The City Treasurer kept $40, 900 on
deposit in the institution.
The Rock Island road is said to be
about to take revenge for the aggressions Of
it's rivals by building branch from some
point near Des Moires northward through
Minnesota and Dakota to junction with the
Northern Pacific
A horrible tragedy was enacted on
farm near TeTe Hauto, Ind. A well-to-do
young farmer named McPheeters had been sep
aratod from his wife, whom he married in Feb
ruary, 1879 In the meantime the wife, who
was living with her mother, Mrs. Blocksom,
had given birth TO a child. McPheeters called
at the house to SEQ it. He walked into the
room in which were sitting his wife, her sister,
Miss Belle Blocksom, and her mother. He was
ordered out of the house, and said he would so
ns soon as he had seen his baby. His wife went
to the cradle to show him the child, little think
ing Of the terrible fate in store for her. and.
while in the act Of taking the little thing up,
MePheeters drew revolver and fired. The
ball entered the right eye of his wife.
causing instant death. She fell into
the cradle with the child in her arms and COM
pletely saturated it with her blood The villain
then turned upon Miss Belle, and uttering an
oath, fired at her. The ball entered the right
temple and penetrated the BRAIN causing death
in half-hour after. To complete the tragedy
he then placed the revolver against his own
head and killed himself
One OF the Stockton gang, called
" Tommy, the Kid" was killed and thrown out
Of hack by Eskridge, another member of the
band, while on spree at Amargo, New Mexico.
Three road-agents stopped a coach
near Lake City, Col, shot Rio Grande rail-
way engineer, and carried of the treasure pouch
Nnd mail sacks
The manufacture of oleomargarine and
other oleaginous substances for butter has been
made illegal by the Illinois Legislature, a fine
of not less than S25 nor more than 5000 being
the penalty.
BY the caving of the roof of the
Golden Terra mine at Deadwood two men
were instantly killed and eleven buried alive.
The latter were rescued with slight injuries.
Jefferson Davis, ex-President of the
Confederate States, was in Chicago the other
day. He had visited it previously when it was
small French village.
Three Justices of Scotland county
Mo-, have been sentenced to Jail for three
months for contempt Of an order of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court for Missouri,