The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-09
West and SOT1t11.

1T has been discovered that Treasurer Wood,
of Jackson County, Texas, is a defaulter for
large amount. The safe in his office, which
was supposed to contain $25,00O was on the
1st found to be empty.
A sNow-sToRM which had been raging in
Wyoming was on the 1st said to exceed in
severity anything in the history of the Ter
Eitory, and a great loss of cattle could only
be prevented by the ranges being cleared of
snow by the wind.
On the evening of the 3lst ult. the Efrst
through train from New Orleans for San
Francisco, over the Southern Pacific route,
went into San Antonio on time
CONGRESSMAN WILLIAM r. Cox, of North
Carolina, was married at Raleigh few days
ago to daughter of Bishop Lyman.
OWING to the failure of Wright Brothers &
Hammond, of Winona, Miss, @. w. Wright
was recently killed by a representative of a
New Orleans house named Captain Fowler.
ALL available troops at Forts Reno and Sill
have been ordered to. Oklahoma by General
Pope, to expel Captain Payne and his raiders.
THE other morning Fletcher Reed, of New
tonville, o., arose from his bed and went to
a straw-stacl1 near by, which he set on fire:
He then cut his throat with a razor and
planted himself on the burning pile. When
found the body was burned to crisp.
AT Springer, N. NJ, Damion Romero was
executed on the I'd, for the murder of William
A. Brocksmth.
THROUGHOUT the West and Northwest the
weather on the I'd was the severest of the
winter. In Central lnois the storm was
accompanied by thunder and lightning, the
wind blowing gale, and the thermometer
being far below the zero mark. The heavy
snow compelled the Abandonment of railroad
travel, and in Milwaukee in the afternoon
business was virtually suspended.
A RECENT fl e destroyed the courthouse at
Lafayette, Ga, with all,the records of Walker
County.
STATE troo were on the ID ordered to
Grayson by Governor Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, to protect Neal and Graft, the Ashland
murderers, duping their second trial.
THE Commissioner of immigration of Cali
fornia, Charles D. Bunker, was arrested at
San Francisco on the 2i for appropriating to
his own use fees and collections aggregating
$50, 900.
The resignation of Isaac Marston, one of
the Judges of the Michigan Supreme Court,
is announced,
THE Union Iron aud Steel Works oil, Chica-
go Don't the I'd confessed judgments aggre eating
over a million dollars.
On the ID smallpox had become epidemic
in the camp of Little Shell, of, the Turtle
Mountain Chippewas. Ten deaths had oc-
CURED.
A FEW nights ago block of buildings at
No cd ouf
ing loss of 100000. Forty horses in Al
lens livery stable persisted in the flames.
On the Sd theNKansas Rolling Mills, located
near Kansas City, shut down, with liabilities
of 5000 600
SOME petroleum leaked from a still at Thur
mer Il Teagle's oil-refinery in Cleveland few
days ago and exploded at the boiler-house.
The water was soon covered with flames from
Wilson avenue to Broadway. Three heavy
| explosions scattered the oil in every direc-
ton, and for hours the conhagraGion went on,
the loss being estimated at $500 900.
Ten lives were lost by the recent wrecking
OF the coal-boat Tacoma of the coast of Cali
fornia
THE store of s. Thomas & Bros, at
Charleston, S. c., was robbed the other
night of 200 worth of diamonds watches
and iewelry.
| FLOODS did great damage in the eastern
section of Ohio on the 4th. Several bridges
were carried away property destroyed, and
| live stock drowned.
In various portions of Iowa the thermom-
eter registered thirty degrees below zero on
the 4th.
OK July next a National Delegate Con-
ference is to be held in Chicago for the
purpose of organizing new political party
to espouse the cause of legitimate industry
in the irrepressible conflict already entered
upon between the confederated monopolies
and the people.'
REWARD of S. 900 was on the 9Th offered
| by the'State of Alabama for the capture of
Isaac II. Vincent, the defaulting State Treas
urer.
In was limited on the Sd by the attorneys of
Scheller, charged with firing the Newhall
House, in Milwaukee, that they would pro-
duce the missing hotel books and point out
as the incendiary a trusted employee.
THE failure is announced of the firm of
Ferry Brothers, of Grand Haven, Mich, COM
POSED of United States Senator Ferry and his
brother, with liabilities aggre eating several
hundred thousand dollars. The failure is
said to have been brought by unfortunate in
vestments in Utah mining property.
On the morning of the 4th the Mahoning
River at Youngstown, O., overfowed its
banks, and forced two hundred families to
leave their homes in boats. The rolling mills
were submerged
THE jury investigating the Newhall House
horror at Milwaukee returned a verdict on
the 9Th, finding the proprietors and owners of
the building guilty of culpable negligence in
not having a suficiency of fire-escapes, and in
not employing gre; ter number of watchmen
to guard against disaster.
! IN Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania the