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


River Junction and locked up by Sopbomores,
regaining his liberty by promising not to re-
veal the names of the offenders
There is an alarming increase in ma
Ignant scarlet fever in New York city. The
deaths in 1880 were 61s, and last year were
1884. The deaths for the first seven weeks of
this year were $40.
William Phoenix, of Maiden, Mass,
went horne late at night, and, not finding any
thing else to eat, partook freely of poisoned
fish, which his wife had placed in meal
box to kill rats, and died from the effects next
morning.
Troy, n. Y, has little girl, aged IL,
who is an expert safe-robber. A large quantity
of jewelry was found at her home, tho result
of her thieyish skill.
William Last, aged u, employed
in Newark needle factory, was passing coil
of wire through, when wire broke and coiled
around him. cutting him in two.
Alta dinner of the Boston Merchants
Association, Charles Francis Adams, Jr, made
speech in favor of nationals railroad COM
mission and submitted the draft of bill there
for. He also nominated for the board Judge
Cooley, Robert Harris and Gen. Francis A.
Walker.
West.
A committee, representing the ex-
Confederate soldiers Of Cincinnati, visited Mrs
Garfield at Cleveland, and presented memo
rial tribute to the late President in the form of
ef1cF uo1
marble. The widow and mother o the chief
magistrate were both deeply affected
A large and enthusiastic meeting was
held inFarwell Hall, Chicago, by the people of
that city who favor the suppression of Nor
monism. Judge Cation presided and made an
address. Other speakers we're Thos. W.
Smith, son of Joe Smith, the original Mormon
prophet, the Rev. Dr. Thomas, Bishop Falows
and the Hon. John Wentworth Anti Mormon
meetings were also held in various other Cities
at which resolutions we're passed asking Con-
gross to put stop to the evil
The Legislature of Michigan met in
extra session Feb % and listened to the mes
sage presented by the Chief Executive Of the
State. Gov. Jerome recommended the passage
of laws granting State relief to the sufferers
from the recent fires in tie Huron Peninsula
district including the entire remission of taxa
ton in the burned section. The proposed Gen.
eral Tax law and the question of reapportion-
ment will also be considered.
The Illinois State Board of Health at
Springfield report general decrease of small
pox throughout the State.
A Salt lake City dispatch indicates
q fevcrieh condition of Mormondom. Petitions
to Congress asking SO be let alone arc being
circulated, aud other measures are being ur-
gently pressed to sweep back the rising flood of
anti-Mormon feeling in the nation.
At New Carlisle, Ohio, the boiler of q
portable saw.mill exploded, killing three men
and wounding two severely.
The report of the Chicago and Alton
road fer 1881 shows 1,O75 miles of track,
S26, 523, 1929 in stock and bonds, So, 537, TAO in
gross earnings, and a net revenue of 11.3 per
cent. on all the capital stock. The company
owns 2l9 locomotives, 1874 coaches, and 6,O43
freight cars
One of the boilers in the Vulcan steel
works in South st. Louis exploded, fatally in
juring four men.
A snow slide in Big Cottonwood canon,
Utah, buried William q. Teckett, wood-chop-
per, his wife and five children.
Joseph W. Curtiss, a prominent citi-
zen of Milwaukee, committed suicide through
shame at; being arrested on criminal charge.
William Studebaker, wealthy Ger
man farmer living twelve miles east of Council
Bluffs, was fatally shot by masked burglars
who entered his house.
A desperate named Weldon was
lynched at Hockberry, Arizona, for the muir
der of a peaceable citizen.
ID. j. Murphy, formerly Distric Atttor.
ney at San Francisco, was shot through the
neck, in the Police Court of that city by Po-
lceman John Morony who had been referred
toasan Australian convict, The latter attempted
10 kill himself while being taken TO prison.
The express Office at the depot in Iii
ma Ohio, was robbed of a package containing
$500. The money had been sent from La
fayette, Ind, for Mr. Thomas, paymasttr of
the Lake Erie and Western railway, to pay of
the men on his rols.
South.
A blood-curdling tragedy was enacted
at barn raising in Rowan county, N. Q. John
Held and Peter Joseph, two of the workmen
upon the building, got into quarrel, and Held
threw an AK. at Joseph the keen blade literally
splitting his head in two, scattering his brains
and killing HIM instantly. AS Held threw
the ak he lost his foothold and fell
down flom the building, breaking his
neck. Three men were on the ground at the
tlme-James Cephas, Richard Wiley and Ned
Blandford-eDgaged in raising heavy log.
They became so much excited at the tragedies
they had just Witnessed that Cephas lost his
hold on the log and caused it to fall. AS it
came down it eau sht Wiley and crushed his
abdomen, inficting injuries from which he
dlcd.
Maj. Hicks, q colored man, was exc
Gated in the jail at Coungton, KY, for the
murder of Henry Williams. Two murderers,
both Mexicans, were strung up at Austin, Texas.
White Brown, colored, was executed at Pine
Bluff, Ark
DR.. j. N. Brandon, of Caneyyille, KY,
confirmed on his doath-bcd that he was one Of
the three fonds who caused the burning to
death of Wiley ElNbry and six children last
yNr
The flint glass manufactory of Hobbs,
Brockmier 4 Co., at Wheeling, w. Va, one of
the largest in. tho United States, was DESTROYED
by fire.
The Wholesale dry goods house of Men,
ken Bros, at Memphis, has made an assign
M MT TO cover liabilities OF 100000.
In Russell county, Va. two young
men named Floyd and Elijah Smith, cousins,
engaged in fight when Floyd drew a re-
volver and shot his antagonist through the
abdomen Elijah fell back with a groan, but
suddenly Strengthened himself and wrenched
the pistol from his cousins hand with tri-
umphant shout placed it against Floyds alb
domen, and sent bullet into his stomach.
Both men rolled from each others arms in the
agony Of death.
A loss OF nearly 800, 900 was recently