The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-03-30
West and South.

West and South.
SToCKMEN in Montana report that their
herds have wintered unusually well, the
losses not exceeding five per cent.
THE desperadoes who a few days ago
captured train on the Little Rock & Fort
Smith Railroad and killed the conductor
have been jailed at Ozark, Ark, and have
confessed their crime.
A FEW nights since an aged and wealthy
farmer, named Duncan Doles, living alone
near Byer's Station, o., was robbed and
strangled, and his house set on fire to de-
stroy the evidences of the crime.
ON the Dist an incendiary fire destroyed
the Eureka Cotton-Mills, near Mount Airy,
N. G. Loss, 100000.
IT has been discovered that the cashier
and paying-teller of the Second National
Bank of st. Paul, Mimi, are embezzlers of
the funds of the bank to the extent of about
$4,000
The Prohibitionists of Kentucky will
hold State Convention at Louisville on
the 18th of April to nomiAate State officers.
The Fontaine Cotton Warehouse at Co
lumbus, Ca, was destroyed by fire the 9TH
er morning, involving loss of 100000
INDIANS attacked band of prospectors,
who were inspecting some coal-felds near
Charleston, Arizona, on the odd, and killed
several of them.
A LUNATIC named Richard Crowley es-
capped from the San Antonio (Texas) Asy-
lum the other night, went to his mothers
house, and Drained her with an ak.
A NUMBER of Cree Indians, who had been
committing depredations in the vicinity of
Fort Conrad, Montana, killing at one place
seventy-fiv work oxen, were pursued and
overtaken on the 22d by party of Piegans,
when fight ensued, in which two Crees
were killed and two Piegans were fatally
wounded.
1T has been recently discovered that the
book-keeper of the Merchants and Plant
efs' Bank of Montgomery, Ala, has lost
$4,000 of the institutions funds in specula
ton.
A FIGHT the other day near Fort
Huachcua, on the Mexican border of Ari-
IONA, in which six men were killed, was
the result of a feud between cattlemen.
THE establishment of postal route in
the Territory of Alaska, to extend from
Haines to Juneau, distance of 105 miles,
has been ordered by the 'Postmaster-Ge
eral.
Snow to the depth of four inches fell in
Baltimore, Md, on the 23d.
FROM various parts of Iowa advices re-
port the almost total destruction of the
fruit orchards of the State by the winters
extreme cold.
THE Wisconsin Assembly on the 2Gd re-
jected proposition to permit women to
vote at elections for school officers.
EIGHT men had been killed up to the 23d
by Apaches during the present outbreak in
the Whitestone Mountains, Arizona.
MURDERERs, five in number, were hanged
on the 23d, as follows: William Banks and
Green Cunningham at Lafayette, Ga. !;
Fred E. Wait at Dallas, Tex; Nicholas
Walker (colored) at Little Rock, Ark, and
Jerome Holt (colored) at Graham, N. c.
THREE white men and one Indian were
killed the other day in a quarrel over
game of cards in the Seminole Nation, In
dian Territory.
1T was feared that snow-storm in Vir-
ginia on the 23d, accompanied by cold
weather, had greatly damaged the fruit
crop.
WHAT was considered the heaviest snow
storm of the season prevailed during the
night of the 22d in Northwestern Michi-
gan, followed on the 23d by fierce biz
zard.
A RAIN-SToRM accompanied by heavy
winds occurred in Western Texas the other
night, doing much injury to crops and farm
property. In some localities large hail
stones fell, creating havoc among the
lambs.
1T is stated by Patrick Egan, the Treas
urer of the Irish Land League, who arrived
in Chicago ON the 24th, that the object of
his mission to this country is to consolidate
all the Irish societies here into the Ameri-
can branch of the Irish National League.
THE Mississippi River flooded the low
lying section of New Orleans on the oath,
causing considerable damage. A portion
of the town of Thibodeaux was also SUBJ
merged by the breaking of the levee.
THE death of Postmaster-G General Timo-
thy o. Howe occurred at Kenosha, Wis,
on the afternoon of the 18th, of pneumonia,
in his sixty-eighth year. Mr.. Howe was a
native of Maine, and served one term in
the Legislature of that State He moved
to Green Bay, Wis, in 1915, where he held
the Office of Circuit Judge from 1850 to
1855. He served three successive terms in
the United States Senate, beginning in
1861 and ending in 1879. He was appoint
ed ENTHUSIASTICALLY President Arthur,
December 20, 1881, to succeed Thomas l..
James, and held the position up to the time
of his death.
IT is said that the Indians raiding and
numbering in Arizona are White Mountain
Apaches from San Carlos Reservation, and
number three hundred, divided into small
bands Further outrages upon settlers were
reported on the oath. The Mexican troops
were in pursuit of the Apaches, with or
ders to take no prisoners.
A FEW nights ago the Jail at Eldorado,
Kan, was set on fire by drunken inmate
named Frank c. Hamilton, who was burned
to death, the building being destroyed.
EUGENE CARY has been nominated for
Mayor by the Republicans of Chicago.
VERY heavy snow-storms occurred in
sections of the Carolinas and Virginia ON
the Goth. The snow was two feet deep in
some places, and several houses had col
lapsed under its weight.
On the 26th twenty-five of the eighty
corpses in the Diamond coal mine, near
Braidwood, ILL.,, were recovered and hoist
ed to the surface. The task of removing
the bodies from the pit would be prose
cuted as diligently as possible, search
parties being kept constantly at work.
AT Fort Worth, Texas, few days ago a
notable sale of cattle was made-75, 900 head
at $25 each. The sale aggregated 81 ,S75 900.
THE Governor of Missouri has approved
the High-hcense Dramshop act passed by
the Legislature.
IT is thought over twenty men were
killed by the Apaches in Arizona duriHq