The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-10-12
The East.

HENRY FARNAM died at New Haven,
Conn, ON the 4th, leaving about 100000.
He built the Chicago 81 Rock Island Road,
and was it's first President.
JAMES MCSTEEN was executed on the 4th
at Pittsburgh, Pa, for the murder Of his
wife? He refused to make a confession.
The careless throwing down of cigar
stump caused fire in the volunteer
steamer house of the Troy IN. W firemen
few days ago, which destroyed all the
uniforms. In putting out the flames two
firemen fell from ladders, both being NOR
tally wounded.
ON the Lake Erie and Western Road,
near Bradford, Pa, passenger train was
wrecked on the 4th, and several people
were injured, but none killed.
TWENTY-FIVE deaths from diphtheria &C.
Cured at Far Rockaway, L. l., during the
four days ended on the 4th, and much
alarm prevailed.
A FIRE partially destroyed Robert
Bishops cotton-waste factory in South
Boston, Mass, a few days ago. Loss,
$4,000.
A ROOF at White Oak mines, near Scran-
ton, Pa, fell recently, and Richard CATER,
miner, and Anthony Curley, a driver,
were instantly killed
THE flfty-third birthday of President
Arthur occurred on the 9th, and many dis
tinguished persons called upon him during
the day, at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, in New
York, where banquet was served.
EIGHTEEN months ago Lydia McCul-
Tough, of Shippingsport, Pa, mysterious
ly disappeared, and a corpse taken from
the river was identified as hers by the
family, and formally buried. A great
sensation was caused on the 9th by the
girps temperance, stating that she had
been steadily employed as domestic in
Cleveland, O.
DURING the seven days ended on the 9Th
business was reported by Dun's CONNER.
cial Agency as unusually quiet in New
York, but in Western centers little more
activity had been shown.
EARLY on the morning of the 9Th a
Reading train struck a Union Line street.
car as crossing in Philadelphia, demol-
ishing the vehicle, causing the death of
four persons, and wounding, more or less
seriously, ten others.
THE failure is reported of Max Wallstein.
proprietor of the Phoenix Knitting Works
at New York, for 100000.
A sTREET-oAR, with disordered brakes.
ran down an incline and into the yard of
the Fort Wayne Railroad at Allegheny,
Pa, few days ago, colliding with pass
ing freight train. The car was wrecked
and the twenty-five occupants were
wounded, four fatally.
BEFORE committing suicide the other
day Frederick Matthews, of New York,
made will bequeathing $4,000 to q. lady
named Fields, to whom'he was engaged.
THE business portion of Passumpsic, VT,
was destroyed by fire few days ago.
A MAN named Taylor, of Northboro,
Mass, induced his wife recently to go
with him to field, where he shot her
through the mouth and then blew out his
own brains.
THE Independents of Massachusetts, held
State Convention at Boston on the 9th
and adopted an address to the public,
WHICH pleads for civil!service reform; de-
mands the repeal of the Silver Coinage
act; condemns the use of money in political
campaigns; asks for Investigations OF
abuses, butreprobates such action when I'M
dertaken for political purposes. The Re-
publican nominee for Governor was in
dorsed.
DAVID DAGGETT shot and killed Miss
Ella Greedy at Liberty, Me-, recently, and
Immediately afterward put bullet
through his own head and instantly ex-
pired. Cause, jealousy.
JOHN DUNN, engineer, and Archibald
Ford, fireman, were scalded to death by
escaping steam in recent railroad collis-
ion near Cresco, Pa.
On the West Shore Road, near Macedon,
N. Y, G. Enright and three unknown Ital-
ians were killed outright on the Sth by a
premature blast, and five other men were
seriously injured.
The fruit trade along the Hudson River
was said on the Sth to far surpass that of
previous years. Between five hundred
and six hundred tons of grapes were being
shipped TO Kew York daily.
SIMON MACK & Co., of New York, whole-
sale clothiers, have failed for 100000.
THE bi-centennial celebration of the first
settlement in America Of German colonies,
at Germantown, Pa, was celebrated on the
Sth in several of the large cities in the
country.
On the Boston & Lowell Road a locomo.
tiYA from which the engineer and fireman