The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-23
The East.


AT recent session in New York City of
General Railroad Passenger Agents it was
decided that hereafter a physicians certi-
ficate must accompany every corpse car
ried on trains, to prevent the spread of
contagion.
THE will of Henry Siebert, bequeathing
over million dollars to charities, has been
admitted to Probate in Philadelphia.
A VERDICT of not guilty was rendered on
the 14th in the case of N. A. Dukes, on trial
at Uniontown, Pa, for numbering State
Treasurer Mutt. The Judge and spectators
were said to be amazed at the verdict, and
the popular excitement was intense. Dukes
and the jury were hung and burned in
efIigy.
THE gross revenues Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company in 1882 amounted to
S1S,S9S, 96S, and the net profits were 81, 624,.
$50.
HANNAH AND ELIZABETH JUDsoN, elderly
maiden sisters, persisted in their burning
house at East Hartford, Conn, on the
morning of the 18th.
ACTING under instructions from Berlin, q
German resident Of Philadelphia is said tc
be negotiating for the purchase of several
million acres of land in Mexico for settle
ment by German emigrants.
THE formation of a new telegraph com.
pany in New York is announced, the pro.
jectors of which profess an intention OF
building line from the city of New York
through Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois to Chicago.
THE Republicans of Rhode Island met in
State Convention at Providence on the
10th and nominated Augustus o. Bourne
for Governor, and Oscar N. Rathbone fol
Lieutenant Governor. The present incum
bents of the other State offices were renom
mated.
A RECENT fire destroyed the railroad
bridge over the Schuylkill River at Norris
town, Pa, involving loss of $4,000.
THE bill to compel corporations to pay
employees every week has been defeated by
the Massachusetts Legislature.
THE keeperof the Reform School for Boys
at Westboro, Mass, was attacked few days
ago by nine of the inmates, who overcame
him, took possession of his keys, and escaped
from the institution, but eight of them were
soon recaptured. The keepers injuries
were severe.
AT Columbia College, New York, two
students had recently arranged to fight q
duel, but one of the principals and a mum
Der of his friends were arrested as they
were setting forth for the place set for tn,
meeting.
THE other day prize-fght occurred il
the parlor Of a wealthy resident of Altoona
Pa, the ring being marked out on the car
pet The contestants were John O'Neal, O
Pittsburgh, and James Kohne, of Philadel
phia, and the latter was victorious aftel
thirty-six rounds had been fought.
On the 10th one of the jurors who tried
Dukes at Uniontown, Pa, for the murder O
State Treasurer Mutt, was assaulted in tn,
streets of Belle Vernon by persons who re
grid the verdict of acquittal as infamous
and so severely beaten that his life was de
SPARED of.
SEVERAL railroad employees attempted *
thaw out dynamite cartridges the othel
day near Marlborough, N. Y, when an ex
plosion killed one man and fatally injured
others.
A FIRE recently destroyed the great hote
at Rocky Point, r. l., a summer resort
Loss, 100000.
A SPARK fell upon and ignited the dres,
of Mrs. Ann Roland, of Bridgeport, Conn.
while she was kneeling in prayer few
evenings ago, and she was so badly burned
that she died the following morning