The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

The Superintendent at Castle Garden
predicts al immigration of 1901 persons in
May.
Mr.. Blaine asserts that Peru is being
despoed for the joint benefit OF Chill and the
English spectators who furnished her money
and iron-clads for the conquest Envoy Prescott
standing as a witness to the fact that the
United States will not intervene. The recent
protocol enlarges the demands of Chill upon
her conquered adversary.
Alexander FL. Stephens states that on
the expiration of his term in Congress he will
positively retire from public life.
Within the past month the Land
Leagues of the United States and British colo
MES contributed 922, 900 to tho cause.
The Secretary of the Navy, at Wash
ington, has received from Lieut.. Melville, at
Jakontsk, Russia, the details of the plan for
the search of Lieut.. belong and companions.
The search will be carried on by three parties,
each accompanied by two explorers with dog
sled and driver. The wilds of Northern Siberia
are to be scouredin every direction. The country
is impossible, except during the periods of in
tense cold, and the programme undoubtedly
means the death of some of the explorers. But
little will be heard of the searching parties
until this time next year.
The hangman is through with William
Heilwagon, who murdered his daughter-in-
law at Hampton, ILL.,; Frank and Henry Rum
berger, of Uniontown, Pa, who killed Daniel
Troutman; Edgar F. Small, of Pittsburgh, who
shot Nicholas Jacoby Jonathan Mayer, of
Middleburg, Pa, one of the party who took
the life of the Kintzlers Jack Neverling Of
Clearfeld, Pa, the murderer of Samuel Pen
nington, and John G. Mccarthy, of Richburg,
N. Y, for stabbing to death Patrick Marley.
All seven of them were executed on Friday,
March "a.
There were lis business failures in
this country during the third week of March, a
considerable reduction as compared with cor
responding periods for some time previous.
The annual cost of the star-route serv-
ice in the Pacific States and Territories under
Gen. Brady was 50, S44, 1876. Contracts for the
same service this year have been executed for
$1,125,149
A merchant of New York complains
that Chicago wholesalers are cutting on cottons
to secure the Southern and Western trade.
Miss Phoebe Cousins, of st. Louis,
has applied to President Arthur to be appoint
ed one of the five Commissioners to visit Utah.
A hail-storm passed over Lexington,
Ind, town of 1900 inhabitants, and in ten
minutes 1000 win iow-glsss lights we're shat
tered to atoms. Wheeling W. Va, expert
enced an extraordinary fall of hail that inflict-
ed damage estimated at $4,000. Cleveland,
Ohio, sustained the heaviest storm of the year
Several frame buildings were toppled over and
shade trees uprooted by the hundred. During
gale at Evansburg, Pa, three-story brick
house in course of erection was leveled, and f.
Mcdonald killed, John Houser and William
Sharle were fatally injured, and five Others
slightly injured. A similar accident occurred in
Pittsburgh, the wind blowing down frame
house and fatally injuring John Atkinson and
Patrick Calvin, two workmen. In the vicinity
of Macon, Ca. tornado destroyed many
houses and killed and injured several people.
The Russian Charge d'Affaires al
Washington returned the resolutions sent him
to be presented to the Gar by citizens of Phil,
adelphia, at a mass meeting, protesting against
Jewish outrages in Russia, saying he could moi
receive them because of their language.
Some Russian representatives are ne
gotiating at Pittsburgh for the building of hulls
and engines for number of steamboats,, to be
shipped in sections and completed on the Volga
river.