The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-10-19
West and south.

had been convicted of criminal assault
upon white girl, and hung him.
FIVE murderers scaled the walls of the
prison at Cincinnati on the 18th and at
tempted to escape. Thirty shots were fired
at them by the guards. One of the offend
ers secured his liberty, another was killed
and two were badly injured.
In dispute at Baltimore on the 18th be.
tween Democratic ward politicians, in front
of the City Hall, James F. Busey was fatal.
ly shot by William F. Harrig.
JOHN A. FERGUSON was acquitted of the
murder of Officer Parks, at Danville, Va,
the other day, the Court instructing the
jury that citizen may legally kill a po-
liceman who attempts to arrest him with.
out warrant.
The wife of George E. White, of Tee
garden, Ind, went to Plymouth on the 18th
to secure a divorce for cruelty. During
her absence White fatally wounded their
infant daughter and blew out his own
brains.
THE village of Arcadia, Wis, was visited
by cyclone few days ago which de-
stroyed barns and fences and uprooted
many trees. Broken boards, trees, bricks
and stones filed the air, and were hurled
with such violence in some Instances as to
drive them through the sides of the build
ings. The total damage was estimated at
$4,000. No lives were lost.
FROM three to five inches of snow fell on
the 18th in the region between North
Platte, Neb., and Evanston, Wy. T.
AT convention of sixty representative
railway men in Chicago on the 18th it was
resolved to adopt a standard time, New
York and its vicinity being governed by the
seventy fifth meridian; Chicago, ST. Paul
and Kansas City to run trains by the nine.
tieth meridian, the order to go into effect
November Is.
In dispute few days ago at New
Iberia, La, over a woman, Sylvan Ba-
lille killed his brother.
A MOB recently took Nelson Cooper and
Sambo Daily (colored), who murdered a
man named Dick Winlock, from the Jail at
Russellville, KY, and hanged them.
AN Indictment was found on the 18th
against Ex-Governor Conley, postmaster
at Atlanta, Ga, for embezzling the funds
of his office. w. H. Smith was appointed
his successor.
AN electric shock killed Edward Robbins
Superintendent of the Electric Light Com.
pany at Dayton, O., the other day while he
was fixing lamp that had broken from the
cable.
CARL BACH, for killing his wife, was
hanged at Bowling Green, O., on the 18th
and Jack Radford, for a similar offense
was executed at Fremont, o.
ELLIS CRAFT, the third and last of the
Ashland murderers, was hanged at Gray
son, KY, on the 18th.
AT Akron, o., Robert Allen, well-to-dc
wagon-maker, committed suicide few
days ago by hacking his head to pieces
with an AK. He was temporarily insane.
THE son of James Rice, of Chicago, q
bright, healthy little boy, between four an6
five years of age, died in great agony a few
day ago from the effects Of drinking whis
ky which had been poured down his throat
by two women ''just for fun," they said.
AT Winnipeg, Manitoba, good sleighine
was reported ON the 18th.
THE death of Prof. j. Lawrence Smith
o distinguished scientist, occurred at his
residence in Louisville, KY, on the 18th
aged sixty-fve years.
Two MEN named Alexander Patsey and
Cordie Bates were recently struck by 8
train at Knoxville, Tenn, and killed.
A NEGRO named Lewis Wood, who had
been convicted of criminal assault upon
a white girl, was taken from train al
Edgerly Station, La, few days ago by
a mob, who took him to point some little
distance from the depot, chained him to 8
pine tree, covered him up with pine knots
and chips, and burned him to death.
On the night of the 18th three men who
attempted to cross a railway track in q
wagon at Castalia, O., were killed by a
locomotive.
WILLIAM HARRISON, infamed by jeal-
ousy, and angry at his mother-in-law's in
reference in domestic matters, shot dead
his sixteen-year-o wife at Denver, Col.
a few days ago, and then killed himself.
In brewery at Cincinnati condenser
containing several hundred gallons of am.
monia, burst the other evening, driving
everybody off the square. Twenty-three
horses were killed by the fumes.
The discovery of serious deficits in the
accounts of Postmaster Hays, of st
Louis, caused that official to tender his
resignation to the President on the 18th.
THE Lyceum Theater, in Chicago, was
destroyed by fire, supposed to be of in
cendiary origin, early on the morning Of
the 18th. Harry Perry, an employee, per.
ished in the flames.
1T was discovered on the 10Th by Gus
toms officers at San Francisco that the
Chinese Government was issuing to com
mon laborers certificates that they were
professional traders, thus enabling then
to evade the Restriction law.
ADvICEs of the 10Th state that sixty -ont
fine horses were suffocated by the ex
plosion of ammonia at the Moerlin brew
cry, in Cincinnati.
THERE were five new cases of yellow
fever and five deaths at Brewton, Ala, OF
the 10Th.
The returns on the 10Th from the recent
Ohio election gave Hoadly, Democrat, fol
Governor, majority of 13,5O0 The State
Senate stood: Democrats, 81; Republicans
IL. House: Democrats, SO; Republicans
46. The vote for the Prohibitory Amend
ment was 320,554, which gives nearly 5000
majority against prohibition.
On the night of the 14th Fora A. Burns, {
servant, of Lincoln, Ill, was murdered
near the city limits by unknown persons
for whose detection reward of 1000 ha:
been offered.
A PIcKPoCKET relieved DIR. Thomas
Creighton, of Columbus, o., of $4,000 on
the 10th. The doctor was in the act Of
stepping on the platform of train at Ian
caster when he was pushed back against
the car, by three or four persons and
robbed.
The indications on the 10Th fir ON the re
cent Iowa election were that Governor
Sherman's plurality over Kline would be
in the neighborhood of 5000, and that his
majority over Kline and Weaver would
probably be 1900. The Legislature was
given as follows: Senate. Republicans, Al
Democrats, 9. House, Republicans, 81
Democrats, 80; Greenbackers, 7.
IT is announced that Benjamin Butter
worth, of Ohio, has accepted the position
of Commissioner of Patents, Uice Edgar A.
Marble, resigned.
A FEW days ago Ambrose Wilson, City
Marshal of Sadieville, KY, found James