The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-06-02
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
DOMESTIC ITEMS.


While others had legs and arms blown of an
their clothing burnt entirely of, their fes
hanging in shreds from their bodies.
Some joker climbed pole Of the
Mutual Union telegraph, near Georgetown, ct.
tied fine wire around each of the thirteer
wires and run it to the ground breaking com
niuldcatlon between Boston and New York TO-
two dgya
The New York Senate passed bill
fer he appointment by the next Governor o
that State of a state Board Of Railroad Com
missovers
Z. b. Frye, the champion wheelsma1
Of the United state', was thrown from hi
bicycle, at NJ rlboro, Mass, and injured beyond
recovery
The jury in the case Of Gen. Curtis
Special Treasury Agent at New York. rendered
verdict of guilty on the first and eight
counts, which charged the defendant with re
ceiyng, while in the employ of the United
States, money Or other things Of value fol
political purposes motion in arrest of judg
ment was made, and Juno fixed for the ar
gument
United States Senator John r. Nc
Pherson, of New Jersey has commenced suit
against the New York Herald to recover $780,.
900 damages for libel The suit is based on the
statement published by the Herald from itf
Philadelphia correspondent, charging the Sen
ator with having been interested in Shipherd'i
Peruvian scheme.
The will of Ralph Waldo Emerson
makes no public gifts. James Elliott Cabot il
appointed literary executor.
While fishing in Lake Spofford, near
Chesterfield, N H., George L. Comfy and Her.
man Reitzel, the basso and pianist of the
Kellogg Concert Company, we're drowned.
In the Supreme Court of Washington
county, r. l., decree was entered divorcinq
Katherine Chase Sprague from William Sprague
giving Mrs. Sprague the custody of her three
daughters, permitting her to resume her maiden
name, with leave hereafter to apply for alimony
if she chooses.
West.
Some of tho best authorities in the
Michigan fruit belt state that frost has not at
fected peaches or apples, but grapes and straw
berries were cut to some extent.
The centennial anniversary of the
massacre of Gnadenhutton, wherein
ninety-six Moravian Christian Indians
were cruelty butchered by "Christian' white
people 100 years ago, was celebrated at tie OBJ
scure village in Eastern Ohio, ON the Oath of
May. Gov. Foster and other State officers
made speeches to an assemblage Of 10000 or
more people.
A bloody fight occurred in Southern
Arizona, near the Mexican border, between
American railroad laborers and Mexicans, in
Which seven of the latter were killed and three
of the Americans fatally wounded.
Gov. CrittendeD, Of Missouri, is said
to be negotiating for the surrender of Frank
James, who is now in jackson county, and who
desires to make the best terms possible
Cattle sold in Chicago last week at
1910 per 100 pounds, being the highest figure
obtained for several years. The highest price
was paid for Colorado steers fed in Iowa.
A Kansas City dispatch says that Mrs.
Jesse James, widow of the late bandit, has
signed contract to furnish facts for lecture
on the life and adventures of her husband. She
will accompany her lecturer, and with her two
children, sit upon the stage while the lecture is
being delivered. The funds so raised it is
stated, will be used to educate the children, one
a boy named after his father and aged Z, and
the other girl aged 5.
The Grant smelling works, at Lead
vile, Col, the largest in the world, were swept
away by fire and $50 men thrown out of en-
ployment. Loss estimated at 100000 insur-
ance, $35O,OOO
Fire at Tombstone, Arizona, destroyed
large number Of buildings The portion of
the town destroyed comprises almost the entire
business part of the place. The three princi-
pal hotels burned, and the Office of the Daily
Nugget was destroyed, and the Daily Epitdph
Office heavily damaged. The loss will probably
reach $500, 900; Insurance. $250,00O
The May Festival in Chicago was a
big success The gross receipts were SET, 900.
AdVices from the wheat region of
Michigan are to the effect that the prospect
was never more promising but the acreage has
only increased in the newer counties.
In an atfray at Denver, Phil Hubbard,
u horsc-jo2key, was MORALLY wounded John
Denny was shot in tho leg, and man named
Mackey was injured, by @. H. Wood, real
estate agent.
A big impetus to Western immigra-
ton will result forthwith from the decision of
the Secretary of the Interior which opens up
to entry and settlement 5000, 900 acres of val
liable land in Dakota heretofore claimed by the
Chippewa indians. The land is in what is
known as the Turtle Mountain district and is
every way adapted to agriculture. There will
be tremendous rush to secure farms in the
fertile region, which is large enough and rich
enough in natural resources to support an
enormous addition to the population of Dakota.
The annual meetof the bicyclists of the
United Sta es took place in Chicago, and passed
OF without serious accident. About 400 wheel
men were in attendance.
Dr. G. @, Hoffman, German jour-
nalist Of Quincy, ILL.,, was shot three times by
the brothers Hellhake for publishing the at
tempted suicide Of their sister.
South.
A vast section of territory below
Helena, Ark, has again been overlooked by the
Mississippi, and Commissioner Mangum solicit,
relief from the Government
Senator Ben Hills physicians say hi,
health has been greatly improved by drinking
the waters of Eureka Springs, Ark, where HI
has been located for several weeks. If he vii
not be permanently cured, his life viii be pro
longed.
Portions of North and South Caroline
enjoyed the rare phenomenon of snow-storn
on the oath of May.
Eight prisoners, two of whom arr
murdelers and one highway-robber, brok,
jail at Tuscaloosa, Ala. by saving off an iroI
door with a razor
POLITICAL POINTS.