The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-01-06
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
DOMESTIC ITEMS.

At Blddeford, Me-, a young MAI
named Moore shot his afianced, Miss Bell,
Cushman, dead, and then shot himself.
The business of New York for the
year. as exhibited by the returns Of the clear
ing-house, reach the unprecedented total Of
s49. 4oOOCO,OCO.
The depositors in the Massachusetts
savings banks number 7ss, 951, and the amount
OF money deposited by them amounts to
$3.50, 444, 479.
In a cusllton-carom billiard game al
New York, Tor 81, 600 and gate money, William
Sexton @efeate1 Jacob Schaefer by score OF
500 t. SIC.
A collision between two freight trains
on the Pennsylvania road, at Christiana. Pa.
killed three persons and destroyed s9g0. col
worth OF property.
The deaths are announced at Phila-
delphia Of Lieut. Col W. r. Price Sixth United
States Cavalry and Col Fl. S. McComb, the
wellknown railway builder.
Special precautions were taken to
guard President Arthur against the attacks Of
"fTanisa or eyil-disposed persons during the
time no spent at his house in Lexington ave-
mue. special policeman constantly watched
Hhe house.
A six days walking-match in New
York was won by Fitzgerald with record
582 miles and 55 yards, beating the best previ
GUS record-that of Robert vint, SIS miles, in
1S91-by four miles and few yards.
The last year was unusually unhealthy
in New York, the total deaths in ihe city being
$4,000, against 81, 9S7 in 1880. The number OF
births was 26, 1870, while in 1880 it was 27.956.
Three children were burned to death
IN q Ere in clearinghouse at Richburg, N. Y.
West.
AT a meeting of leading citizens OF
Bismarck, resolutions were adopted favorine
division of Dakota, the southern half to enter
the Union as State.
Mrs Cruz, Of Florence, CAL, gave
birth to six perfectly formed female children.
A Chicago physician, who has made
specially Of cancer, has discovered what he
claims to 10 a positive cure. He will 10y the
details before tho profession shortly.
A, Iaud Of considerable proportions
lar just been unearthed in Southern Dakota.
"A gang of scoundrels in Douglas county issued
$500, GOO worth of alleged county school bonds.
though the county itself has never been Or
gained into school-districts. and though the
whole taxable property Of the county does not
exceed $4,000 Or $40, 600, and contains only
some forty voters.
Advices from Postmasters in all sec
tions OF the country, received at tho Postosice
Department in Washington, show an alarming
increase OF smallpox in the Northwest. The
disease is spreading rapidly, and several post
offices have been ordered closed in conse-
qunce.
-Four cowboys attempted to raid the
town Of Trinidad Col. They fired upon Mar
shall Kroger, who shot down one, named Brown
and captured another
George s. Reed, Of San Francisco, who
became desanged by too close attention to
business, killed his mother-in-law, Sarah A.
Smith, fatally wounded his young daughter
and then took his own life.
John I'll. Russell, who murdered John
IT, smarr, few weeks ago, at Kansas CITY,
died in Jail from the effects of morphine. pro-
vidod by some visitor
South.
Mrs NJ. Z. Coppege was killed at New
Orleans while playing with her 4-ycar-o son
The mother was giving The child instructions
Tf low 81 NJ IL; IL
and fred, and the bullet entered the woman's
hraia.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Bell
font, Ala, q small station ON the Mobile and
Ohio railroad, forty-four miles from Chatta-
nooga, resulting in tho fatal shooting of w. D.
Martin his son John and G. NJ, Pennel. They
were the only merchants in the place, and the
difficulty originated through jealousy. They
used pistols.
Joel Johnston, we'll known citizen of
Baldwin county, Ala, was shot from behind
tree by negro MS he was returning home. IIo
was stunned by the shot and fell from his horse,
whereupon the assassin shot him twice.
Though MORALLY wounded, Johnson managed
TO crawl TO his house and told his brother of
Gle assault. The brother started out, and in
an encounter with the murderer was fatally
shot, Tho murderer also received mortal
wounds.
Eson Bolin, carpenter residing at
Rogers, Ark, was shot dead in bed by his wife.
She claimed that no had killed two men, was
horse-thief, and had twice threatened her life.
A negro who confessed to the murder
of two clerks, while sleeping in a country store,
was lynched by mob at Southampton, Va.