The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-10
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
DOMESTIC ITEMS.



Heavy rains, followed by floods and
washouts, are reported in the Eastern States
and Southern Canada. Numerous railroad acct
dents, attended with some loss of life, are
among The natural results A freight train ran
snto washout at swanton, Vt. scalding the
fireman to death and wrecking nine cars. A
passenger train on the ogdensburgh road was
di'chel at Mooers Forks, N Y, killing the en-
gineer and fireman.
The six days walking match in New
York was won by Hazael, the Englishman, who
made 900 mikes. Five other contestants made
600 miles and upward. Rowell, the hitherto
invincible pedestrian feu sick, and gave up on
the fourth day Of the contest.
Three railway employees were killed at
EarlviIle N Y, by collision of trains on the
Syracuse and Chenango road.
Ex-Gov. Milton S. Latham, Of Cal.
ifornia, died in New York last week.
Charles A. Sweet & Co., of Boston,
bankers, have suspended payment. The liza
bidies are between $3,OOO,OOO and 100000.
West.
Repeated attempts have recently been
made to wreck trains on the Chicago and Alton
Dad at Joliet ILL.,
The Iowa Legislature has passed a
resolution to submit to the people constitu-
tional amendment on the question of liquor
prohibition. By vote of 60 to 40, the Wiscon-
sin Assembly refused to order to engrossment
a prohibitive resolution.
Crop reports for the West and North
west are unanimously good
At Portland, Ore, Annie Murray, a
notorious woman, killed Henry C. Prang, and
then inflicted fatal wounds upon herself.
Forty Indian prisoners at Fort Lowell.
who were implicated in the Cibicu outbreak.
are to be escorted to San Carlos reservation
and set at liberty Their capture and deten-
ton cost $15,OOO and no effort to punish them
has been made
Imposing demonstrations against fur
ther Chinese immigration took place in all the
large towns in California and Nevada, business
having been suspended. The San Francisco
gathering was estimated at 10000. Resolu-
tons were adopted urging upon Congress the
absolute necessity of speedy legislation, to
make effective the treaty with China to restrict
the advent of her citizens on the Pacific coast.
The Grand Jury at Chicago has in
dcted large lumber Of gamblers. and several
wealthy citizens who rent their property to
gamblers.
Alice Wright, an actress, jumped from
n third-story window of a Cleveland hotel,
while delirous from typhoid fever, and was
dashed to death.
At Marquette, Mich, the lower pack
ing house of the Like Superior Powder Com
pany's mills exploded the other day. Four men
were blown to ,tomi, and the building annihi-
lated,
South.
DIR. Williford, of Memphis, mistook
for burglar colored nurse in his employ,
and fatally injured Lor by firing through win
dow.
Five persons were overwhelmed by
the rush OF waters, caused by The breaking of
the Mississippi leyeo near Concoriia, L..
The three Indian scouts-Dead Shot,
Dandy jim and skippy-who gave the signal
for the onslaught on Gen. Cars command,
were executed at Fort Grant, Arizona.
Robert Jones, a white man, and Will
lam Miller, colored, were hanged at Aberdeen,
Miss, for the murder of three brothers, named
Walker, in November last.
Many people in the lowlands of the
Lower Mississippi valley were compelled to seek
refuge in trees from the flood
The steamer james d. Parker was
wrecked on the rocks near Louisville, and then
set on fire by the overturning of stove. The
passengers were rescued, but cargo valued at
100000 was lost.