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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
A Cannibal Convicted Of Murder.
LAKE Cry, Col, April 1s.

LAKE CITY, COL, April 16.
The jury in the case of Alfred G. Packer,
charged with numbering five companions in
the San Juan country in 1872, returned
verdict of guilty. A motion for new trial
on the ground that the murder was commit
ted on an Indian reservation, and that there
fore this court has no jurisdiction, has been
made.
A party of six men organized in Utah in
1872 to prospect for gold and silver in South
ern Colorado. While in the vicinity of the
present site of Lake City, binding storms
coming on, they lost their way and the food
gave out. For days together they lived on
rosebuds. The men became desperate and
some crazed. While his companions were
III this condition Packer deliberately fell
upon and butchered the whole party, and
for several weeks lived on flesh cut from
their bodies
Packer, in the course of the trial, related
the experiences of the party from their set
ting out in Utah, closing with the most sick
ening details of the murder, and subsequent
feasting on human flesh, claiming the killing
was done in self-defense. The evidence
shows that each member of the party, ex-
cept Packer, possessed quite large amount
of money, upon which the ghoul has since
been living. After nine years wandering,
he was captured few weeks since near
Fort Fetterman, Wyoming
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
The Town Of ZumbrOta Falls, Mimi,
Partially Destroyed by Cyclone.
ST. PAUL. Anril 16

ST. PAUL, April 16
A cyclone struck Zumbrota Falls, Waba-
sha County, Friday night, totally wrecking
the following named structures: A new
bridge which cost the county about SIS, 600
1.-THE previous one having been destroyed by a
hurricane) Andrew Schraders barn, John W.
Dallis' wagon shop and contiguous black
smith shop and harness store in which the
post-office was located. The front windows
of the Suggs House were smashed and the
kitchen unroofed. From the Suggs to
the river the fronts of the houses on both
sides of the street were crushed in. The
store of DR.. H. N. Logers was badly dam
aged and the goods somewhat injured, as
were also j. Cars restaurant and Hyde's
Hall. The school-house of District No.
ninety-two was unroofed and moved some
five feet from its foundation. A wagon
box was blown from Dale's shop through the
side of Haradon's house, smashing every
thing in the room, and Mrs. Haradon was
slightly injured by cupboard falling on
her. Moving north, the storm played havoc
with some stacks of hay on the farm of n
G. Radabaugh, and moved from its founda-
ton new building on the old Radabaugh
homestead.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
HUMOROUS.

The Cincinnati Enquirer ha.. got to
the bottom of the whole matter. 1t
says that Lady Dixie saw mouse.
flake care of the useful. and the
beautiful will take care of ITSELF" This
is what the fond and numerous father
remarked when he married off his
ugliest daughter first.-Puck.
-" Bah Jover' exclaimed young
Dudiboi, "the weathah is getting so
mild, yer know, that I must have the
ferrule taken off my cane. It's too
beastly heavy for warm day, yer
know" boston Transcript.
"A man tanned a prairie dog that
somebody sent him until the docile lit
tie creature would eat off his hand. At
least, it ate off about three-quarters of
his thumb one day, but it died of COLI
cussion of the brain before it could fin
ish his hand
"A book just published is entitled:
elbow to Make $500 Yearly Profit with
Twelve Hens" We have not read the
book, but we suppose the authors
recipe is to sell the corn that they would
annually eat, and then kill the hens
PHILADELPHIA Neo0s.
Mrs. Sam Millidge, an Austin lady,
was busy trying to make pincushion
of sawdust when the colored cook came
to ask what she should cook for dinner.
"Go away, and don't bother me now.
Ny head is full of sawdust now, and I
can't think of anything else"
B. Franklin says: ''Time is an
herb that cures all diseases" Frank
lin evidently didn't know much about
"yarbs,' and was not at the head of
the class in spelling, if he was printer.
Thyme is an herb, but, not being pat
ent medicine, it will not cure all dis
eases.-Tbe Imp.
The Rochester Express re-
marks: "You mustn't tell us that mar
ried men are not mindful of the comfort
of their wives. Who ever heard of a
married man going home late at night
who didn't take his boots off in the
hall and steal quietly to bed, in order
not to disturb the slumbers of his wife"
Asked traveller in the Orient of a
Pasha: SIS the Turkish civil service
like oursp Are there retiring allow
ances and pensions, for instance?" ''My
illustrious friend, and joy of my liver"
replied the Pasha. "Allah is great,
and the public functionary who stands
in need of retiring allowance when his
term of Office expires is an ass! l have
spoken
Brown struck an icy place in the
sidewalk, and down he went all in a
heap. A gentleman stepped up and
helped Brown to his feet, politely re-
marking, sit is quite slippery, sir.''
Brown was SO mad he forgot to re-
turn thanks. "What in thunder did
he want to tell me it was slippery for?"
soliloquized Brown; ssdidn't the fool
suppose knew that before he told me.''
Boston Transcript.
How the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
found this out is mystery: g And
what, in the name of goodness, is this?"
asked Mrs. David Davis, as the Senator
lugged something into the room and
dropped it at her feet. "Ihat is my
shirt, darling; and | will be greatly
obliged if you will sew on button for
men ssDavid Davis, said the lady,
stern4y, when you bring me your shirt,
/ will sew on a button for you with
pleasure, as becomes fond and dutiful
wife; but Just now, sir, must insist
upon your removing this circus canvas
from my apartment
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
NUMBER 46.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


Queen Victoria's John Brown had
employed the sunshine to the extent of
80, 100000 of hay-making.
Seven years ago Mr.. Bell, of tele-
phone tame, was poor man. Now he
Is SAID to be worth $6,000,000.
--Joaquin Miller stands by Mr.. Dix
IN the reverend doctors war on modern
feminine wickedness. Mr.. Miller has
been twice married.
The Washington Republican says
that "a fearful as well as plausible ex-
PLANTATION of the Lady Dixie matter is
the suggestion that Lady Dixie NAV
contemplate lecture season in Amer
lea.
The mother of Oscar Wilde has a
long poem on Ireland in the Boston Pr
!ot. Her conclusion is that the Irish
people, driven frantic, evil take their
stand IN a mightier land beyond the
broad Atlantic
Now we have honored John How.
ARD Payne, the Hartford Post calls fol
honors to g other song-writers who are
torgotten?" But if they are forgotten,
how shall we know upon what writers
to bestow these honors!
-"We who write novels for the exist
ing time should face our task with forti-
tude sublime - writes Edgar Fawcett.
The same thing would apply with equal
force to a majority of the people who
read the average modern novel.
"A very beautiful and expensive book
has lately been made in Boston, only
ten copies of which are printed. It is
the richly Illustrated story of a yacht
ing trip taken by Mr.. Edwards, the in
Ventor of the heiotype process.
Miss Linda Gilbert is now endeavor-
ing to secure additional educational
facilities and other reforms in the prisons
of Baltimore and Washington. In May
she will sail for England and devote the
summer to efforts in behalf of prison
reform there.
-Mathilde Blind says that Mr.. Lewes
was more than a husband to George
Eliot; he was like a mother, watching
over her health, cheering her despond-
ENJOY with his own buoyancy, and Great
ing the spiritual atmosphere in which
her genius ripened.
Mrs. David Davis says the reason
she would not consent to marry Judge
Davis while he was in office, was be-
cause, Mr.. Arthur being a widower and
Judge Davis Acting Vice President, she
would have had the duties attendant
upon " the first lady in the land"-a
position she did not care to occupy.
The Graph5c's estimate of $8,OOo,-
100000 as the total representation of
the guests of the Vanderbilt bali is criti-
cised as improbable, but one-tenth of
the amount is accepted as possible.
The former figure would give each of
the 700 guests $11, 428, 561--a state of
affairs that never exists with any 700
people except those of an editorial con-
Vention.
The death of Postmaster General
Howe leaves in active life only three
men who, with him, occupied seats in
the United States Senate when Presi-
dent Lincoln called it together in special
session at the outbreak of the war.
They are Senators Anthony and Sher-
man and Daniel CLARK, United States
District Judge for New Hampshire. Not
more than half a dozen other members
of that Senate are now living, among
them being Mr.. Doolittle, who was then
Mr.. Howe's colleague. The Vice Presi-
dent, Hannibal Hamlin, and the Chap
lain, DIR. Byron Sunderland, also, yet
survive.
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A Heavy Failure.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. April II.

PITTSBURGH, Ia, april III.
Great excitement was created here yes
terday over the announcement that the we'll
known and generally supposed to be fnan-
cially solid iron-pipe manufacturing firm of
James Marshall & Co. had made an
assignment for the benefit of their
creditors to George j. Whitney,
of this city, and that their LA
bilities would reach fully $1,5O0,000, while
their assets would fall short of this about
$3.50, 000 The news that the assignment had
had been made spread like wildfre, and
short time thereafter was the whole topic
of conversation in commercial and financial
circles. The cause of the failure was a too
reckless speculation in pigiron. -Four years
ago James Marshall, the senior member of
the firm, became imbued with the idea
that heavy advance in pig-iron would
take place in the near future, and he COM
menced purchasing extensively of that arti-
Gle. Higher prices did not come, but he
continued to buy heavily, thoroughly conf
dent that he would soon realize largely, but
In this he was wofully disappointed. just
when the market began to look up the long
strike of last year set in and this
was followed by period of dullness, which
was augmented by the uncertainty in regard
to the action Congress would take on the
tariff question. The passage of the bill did
not improve trade, and for months the con-
Germ has been borrowing money on the i'm
mense stock of iron it had in the warehouse
of the Union Storage Company. Finding
that failure was inevitable, and that the
best they could do they could only stave off
the crash for time, they concluded yester-
day to make an assignment, and the deeds
were placed on record in the Recorders
office
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
LATER.

AT the municipal elections held in Illinois
on the 18th the question Of license was
made an issue in forty-eight towns, thirty
one of which pronounced in favor of license
and seventeen against
The action brought by Mrs. Mary E.
Schenlay to obtain possession of wharf
property at Pittsburgh, Pa, of the value of
nearly 100000, has been nonsuited.
SENATOR FAIR, of Nevada, denied on the
18th that his son had attempted to shoot
him, and published letter showing that
his son was not in San Francisco.
FIERCE hurricane at Victoria, B. c..
drove four vessels ashore on the 18th, one
sailor being killed by falling spar. Trees
and fences were damaged throughout the
province.
The Governor General of Canada and
Princess Louise reached Ottawa on the
18th.
A BURGLAR entered room in the Airing
ton Hotel at Palestine, Tex, early the 9TH
er morning, chloroformed Mr.. Reynolds,
frightened his wife into silence by pistol,
and walked off with $4,000.
THE jury in the case of George Scheller,
tried at Milwaukee upon the charge of hav-
ing willfully caused the burning of the
Newhall House in January last, brought in
verdict of acquittal on the 18th. Only
one juryman was in favor of verdict of
guilty, and he soon yielded to the opinion
of the eleven.
ABERNETHY's furniture factory at Leav-
enworth, Kan, was burned on the 18th.
Loss, $4,000. The flames spread with such
rapidity that a number of workmen were
obliged to leap from g seconG-story window.
and five of them sustained injuries that
would prove fatal.
THE prohibition placed upon certain
brands of American lard by the Cuban au-
thorities has been removed.
A DEADLOCK occurred in the Illinois
House of Representatives on the 10Th and
continued on the 18th on an appeal from
decision by the Chair in the contested cleo
ton case of Bradwell VS.. McNally. When
the question was preached on the 18th the
Democrats left the hall, thus breaking
quorum. The door-keeper was instructed
by vote of those remaining to bring in the
absentees, and departed to fulfill his COM
mission. During his absence two Democrat
ic members attempted to re-enter the hall.
but found the doors locked, and after a brief
parley tore the doors from the castings, en-
tered and took their seats. The door-keep-
or, returning, reported that the absentees
had locked themselves in the Supreme Court
room, where he was unable to reach them to
deliver the orders of the House. The House
soon after adjourned. Both parties were in
caucus in the evening, but no progress was
made toward an arrangement of the differ
ences. Ex-Governor John M. Palmer adj
vised the Democrats to stand fast by the
position they had taken. The deadlock
was continued on the 18th, the Democrats
refusing to vote, thus breaking the quorum
and rendering an adjournment necessary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
From WASHINGTON.

The defense concluded their direct testi-
nony in the star-route conspiracy at Wash
ington on the 18th, and the prosecution be-
gan the examination of witnesses in rebut-
tai.
The consolidation of six of the largest
grape-sugar manufactures of the United
States is announced, the combined capital
amounting to more than 900.
THE Postmaster-Generalh has approved a
design for the new two-cent postage
stamps.
For the week ended April IA the issue OF
standard silver dollars from the mint was
157,4SO. The issue for the corresponding
period last year was 139,5Ot.
For the seven days ended on the 18th the
business failures numbered 1S9, against 1877
for the seven days previous. They were
distributed as follows: New England
States, IA; Western, 81; Middle, %; South
ern, Al; Pacific States and Territories, 10;
New York City, 70; and Canada, 49,
THE United States and Spanish Claims
Commission has completed its work. The
claims preferred amounted to 30,313,5S1,
but those allowed only reached the sum of
$1,293,5A.
THE internal revenue receipts at Wash
ington during the first nine months of the
current fiscal year amounted to $10S,S25,-
79S, an increase Of s., 551 1893 over the cor
responding period of the last fiscal year.
CUTTINGS of grape-vines recently i'm
ported from China are said to be infected
with phylloxera, and the Treasury Depart
ment at Washington has been requested to
order the seizure Of such importations, that
American vine-growers may not be exposed
to the danger of loss by the destruction of
their vineyards.
THE twenty-frst anniversary of the aboli-
tion Of slavery in the United States was
celebrated by the colored people on the
10TH At Washington there was process
sion of six thousand men, who were adj
dressed by Fred Douglass and others.
TwENTY-sIx clearing houses in the
United States reported total exchanges for
the week ended on the 18th of 81 ,O97 ,599, All,
an excess over the previous week of 81,
556532, indicating small increase in
general business. AS compared with the
figures for the corresponding week of 1882
there was decrease, however, of 1871 per
cent
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20

S. H. RUSSELL, the defaulting United
States Marshal for the Western District of
Texas, has been sentenced to two years.
imprisonment in the penitentiary at Ches-
ter, Ill.
On the 18th the strike of the bricklayers
in Chicago continued, and building opera
tions were greatly restricted.
A MISTAKE in enrolment by clerk has
invalidated the Revenue bill passed at the
late session of the Alabama Legislature.
On the evening of the 18th the Georgia
Democratic State Convention unanimously
nominated Henry D. Mcdaniel for Govern
OF, after special Conference Committee
had reported in his favor.
On the night of the 18th William G,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
They Stole a March.


The Paige-Sexsmith Lumber Company
of Superior, Douglas County, few days
ago stole march on their creditors by
sending $4,000 worth of their best lumber
out of Wisconsin into Minnesota. All day
long large gang of men was employed in
handling the stuff, and by nightfall the
anxious noteholders were short the amount
above mentioned. Frightened by this step,
the Merchants National Bank of st. Paul
urged the.firm to sign mortgage for $780,
600, which was filed with the Register of
Deeds. The lumber shipped out the day
before was consigned to Allen, Moon & Co.,
of st. Paul, who are interested in the dick
er with this bank. The First National
Bank of Superior, which mad hitherto been
very lenient, filed mortgage of $4,000
Thu paralyzed firm were overrun with at
tachments, exceptions, complaints, etc.,
and in their furry gave bill of sale to
their employees of a pile of lumber in the
yards. An attachment was served on this
lumber by the American Exchange Bank of
Duluth, Mimi. The Sheriff, in attempting
to serve it, was attacked by the mill men,
who hustled him and his deputies around
in lively manner for a short time. The
Sheriff and his party, among other things,
attempted to tear up the tramway on which
the men were moving the lumber sold to
them, and the men put it down faster than
they could tear it up. In scuffie that en-
sued riot became so imminent that the
Sheriff telegraphed the facts of the case to
the Governor of the State, asking for coun-
sci. A few meddlesome persons who had
been stirring up the men and acting as fire.
brands being thoroughly frightened by
this action of the Sheriff, milder DISPOSE
tion took hold of the men, and at last &C.
counts the fort was held in quietness by
four or five constables and two or three
Deputy Sheriffs. 1t was rumored that an
assignment had been made in Duluth where
the parties interested were in consultation,
but nothing definite could be ascertained.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
Foreign Intelligence.

THE British House of Commons on the
18th, by vote of IS to 23ls rejected Mr..
Healy's resolution for the creation of sys-
tenn of local government in Ireland.
A FEW days ago Philadelphia reporter
was fined ten dollars at Hamilton, Ont, for
using vile language in speaking Of Queen
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
The Postal MOney-Order System.
WASHINGTON, April II

WASHINGTON, April IL.
The notifications made in the postal
money-order system authorized by Congress
at its last session are to go into effect about
September 1. The act left it discretionary
with the Postmaster-G General as to the time
when the new rates should begin, but speci-
fed that it should be within six months from
the approval of the measure by the Presi-
dent which was given March g. The six
months limit will expire September 8,
though it is found impracticable to make the
proposed changes before the first of that
month The new law provides for sspostal
notes. for sums less than five dollars, which
are to cost three cents. The fees for money
orders of greater amounts are also reduced
quite largely.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.


The boiler of the Hudson Chair Compa-
ny, at Hudson, St. Croix County, exploded
with terrific results a few days ago. The
loss of life and limb was surprisingly
small. William Poaska, for some weeks
the engineer, was picked from the ruins
soon after the conclusion, burned, bruised
and blackened almost beyond recognition,
though still alive. He died soon after. Su-
perintendent Fisher, who was standing
few ards away from the building, was hit
upon the head with flying missile, and
one of Mrs. Rielly's sons was slightly
hurt, but none other of the fifty men eu-
ployed about the premises were injured.
No one is able to give the cause, though the
general impression is that the water was
permitted in some way to get low in the
boilers and cold water was pumped in upon
a red-hot crown-sheet, which never fails to
produce similar result. The wreck was
one OF the most complete ever witnessed.
There was hardly one brick left upon an
other. Large pieces of debris were thrown
more than a quarter of mile from the
wreck. The castings of the monstrous boil
ers were torn to ribbons and thrown rods
away. The fiues were standing on end in
all directions, some far off in the pond.
The very foundations of the engine-room
were upheaved, and the spokes in the gil
gantic iy-wheel were snapped off like pipe
stems, while thick mortar and other ruins
were strewn about like stones from vol
cano. Hundreds of panes of glass were
also shattered from the main building from
both ends and sides, while some of the en-
ployes declared they were lifted bodily from
their feet by the force of the conclusion.
The loss was estimated at nearly $4,000.
The factory was new throughout, and had
only recently been started up,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20
Nunlismatical.
NEW YORK. April

NEW YORK, April 10.
A numismatical collection from PhiladeE-
phia, which included a fine set Of United
States dimes and haIf-dimes, some rare pat
tern pieces and collection, almost COM
plete, of Confederate notes, was sold at auc-
ton in this city recently for very good
prices. The highest price was paid for
half-dime of 1904, which brought $500. Coins
of this date are so rare that even the cabinet
Of the United States mint is without speci-
men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20

Rev. GEORGE HOWE, d. D., L. +. D.,
President of the Southern Presbyterian
Theological Seminary at Columbia. S. G., is
dead,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-04-20

Miss Stella Agard and Master Henry Calk-
ms. both aged about sixteen, ran away from
their homes in Rockford ILL.,, and were mar
ried in Beiiot, Wis.
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A Singular Romance.

BALTIMORE, April 10.
1t seldom happens in real life that young
lady three years after being enveloped in
her burial shroud and placed in a coffin as
dead becomes bright and happy bride, yet
such singular romance has just been de-
veloped here.
A few evenings ago occurred the marriage
of Miss Mary Griffith, daughter of the late
John A. Griffith, former prominent mer-
chant of this city, and Mr.. Vivian Neal.
The bride is a beautiful young lady of
about twenty-one summers, and for the last
two seasons belle in Baltimore society.
Three years ago when the young lady was
residing in Cincinnati she had terrible fall
down flight OF stairs and received injuries
which were considered fatal. Several prom
inent physicians called to see her, and
pronounced her case hopeless. One
day the young girl grew much worse, fell
into comatose state, and, as it was thought,
died. The body was prepared for burial and
exposed for two days in acaSket to the view
of friends. The day of the funeral arrived,
and, at the appointed time, the carriages and
bearse drove up to the door, Just as the
coffin was being closed it was noticed that
the life-like appearance of the supposed
corpse became more pronounced, and there
were slight signs of returning vitality. A
physician was called, and after an hour OF
SO Miss Griffith returned to consciousness.
The solemn gathering was turned into one of
joy. The young girl recovered rapidly, and
has since been in better health than ever
hoforo