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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
LATER.

PROVIDENCE, Cleveland, Chicago and
Boston, the four leading baseball clubs in
the League, were tie on the 4th, having
won forty-nine games each, condition of
things never before known in the closing
month of the season.
G. E. KENNEDY, teller in the Youngstown
(O) Commercial National Bank, disap-
peared recently, and on the 4th it was dis
covered that he had embezzled $4,000.
THREE deaths from cholera occurred in
Alexandria on the 3D.. The epidemic was
considered nearly extinct.
FROST did considerable damage on the
night of the Sd in New England and along
the valley of the Hudson. The loss on to-
bacco in three counties of Massachusetts,
was placed at 1925 900.
OFFICIAL dispatches on the 4th say the
town of Telokbelong was totally destroyed
by the recent volcanic disturbances in the
Malay archipelago. Tjeringine was wiped
out by tidal-wave, and 10000 persons
were drowned.
NORTHERN and Eastern Maine were
ablaze with forest fires ON the 4th.
PROCTOR KNOTT was inaugurated as
Governor at Frankfort, KY, on the 4th
The village of Batlincort, Belgium, con-
tanning 116 houses, was destroyed by fire
few days ago.
JAMES KING and George Gaddis (col-
ored), of Edwards, Miss, accused and
proven guilty by their own confession of
rohbing the grave of Mrs. Howell, were at
tackled and killed by mob on the 4th.
The General Assembly of the Knights of
Labor for Canada and the United States
met in annual session at Cincinnati on the
4th. 7. v. Powderly, Grand Master, pre-
sided.
SAMUEL BULGER (colored), for assault
ing white child some time ago, was
hanged on the 4th in the jail at Maysville,
KY.
JOHN Roach, the celebrated Pennsylva-
mia ship-builder, testified before the Sen
ate sub Committee on Labor, in New York..
on the 4th. He said the condition of the
workingman was gradually improving;
thought there was no reason why every in
dustrious workman should not have his
own home, and believed the Government
was bound to legisl;&e in the interest Of
workingmen. Labor, he said, must CO.
operate with capital; it would never do for
labor to combine by itself and become the
deadly foe of capital, and the sooner
workingmen realized the force of
the maxim, that "a man who can not
make can not own,n the better. He was
not opposed to trades unions, and men
who came into his works would not be. de-
MED employment simply because they
were union men; at the same time he hired
men Individually, and they understood
that if they wanted to treat with their en-
ployer on any subject, they must come in
dividually; he would allow no combination
of men orun his shop.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
The Telegraph Company Makes Some
Concessions.

BOSTON, Sept. 8.
An order was issued Sunday by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company decreasing
the hours of the night force at this place
thirty minutes per night, and providing that
on and after September all Sunday service
performed by night operators shall receive
extra pay at the rate of one-seventh
of days pay for each extra hour, and that
in this account days pay shall be deter
mined by the number of working days in a
month, and not, as heretofore, by the actual
number of days in the month This is re-
garded by the employees as an unexpected
justice, and where man is receiving SIS
per month, will in the average course of
business make difference of about SIS,
and for others in proportion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

A BOY named John Kerrfgan vas put of
an excursion train near Scranton, Pa, a
few days ago, which was going at the rate
of thirty miles an hour. He fell under the
wheels and was Instantly killed. kA
The corn and buckwheat crops in the
section about Erie, Pa, were on the Both
ult said to have been killed by frost.
EDWARD w. SUMNER accidentally shot
Sigbert Rogers through the heart with q
pistol, at Hyde Park, VT, few evenings
ago. Rogers died instantly. Both were
young men, and were warmly attached to
each other.
THE authorities at Castle Garden, N. Y,
a few days ago took family Of assisted
emigrants, consisting of five persons, who
recently landed, and put them on board
ship which sailed for Londonderry.
\ The Women's Christian National Tenn
perance Union began a four days. con-
vention at Cottage City, Mass, on the S1st
ult.
PASSENGER trains collided at Colchester,
on the Vermont Central Road, few days
ago, and thirteen men received severe in
-juIies.
several others were badly injured by the
colliding Of trains near Far Rockaway,
L. l., few days ago.
LoRING & AvERY's tannery, at Sandy
Greek, N. Y, was destroyed by fire on the
I'd, causing loss of $150,00O; and several
manufacturing establishments at New
Haven, Conn.,, valued at 100000, were
burned.
The Democratic State Committee of
Massachusetts has called the State Con-
vention for September 26, at Springfield.
The committee were informed that Gov
ernor Butler would again be candidate
for that Office.
THE damage to farmers in New England
by the long-continued drouth it was esti-
mated on the LIST would exceed 81 100000.
ON the 1st Stephen Harris, President of
the Quidneck Company, of Rhode Island,
went to William Sprague and demanded
possession. The ex-senator said he would
kill Harris if he attempted to seize the
mill, and that his men would make corpse
of any one who went to the property in
his absence.
WHILE crossing one of the Charlestown
bridges to Boston the other day Texas
steer broke loose from herd, threw one
workman in the air and another into the
water, dashed through Charlestown to East
Cambridge and back again to Boston,
finally plunging off pier into the Charles
River. Several persons, principally chill
dren, were gored and trampled on, some
being fatally injured.
. 4
THE district about Farmingdale, L. l.,
was being devastated by forest fires on
the I'd, and great damage had been done.
The daughter of prominent citizen of
Stratford, Conn, Rose Clarke, soon
to become bride, was attacked in the
dark near the depot the other night and
strangled to death. The corpse showed
the marks Of desperate encounter.
FALL RIVER (Mass.) Irish Catholic So
cieties have agreed to boycott the Boston
Herald because Of refusal to print an APP
peal for aid in behalf of the Phoenix Park
assassins.
The formal opening of the Foreign Elk
position in Boston occurred on the Sd.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
Peculiar Marriage.
HEMsTEAD, L. L. s,

HEMsTEAD, L. I.,Sept. 8.
This town is considerably excited over
peculiar marriage. Miss Ella Johnson, a
progressing young girl, aged sixteen
yea rs, the only daughter of well-to-do
farmer of this town, was united in marriage
to Mr.. George Powell, wealthy farmer.
The bridegroom is sixty-four years OF age,
and this is his fourth matrimonial venture
The bride, by her marriage to Mr.. Powell,
becomes the step-mother of five children,
each Of whom is old enough to be her
parent. Mr.. Powell has several grand
children living.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
Starved TO Death.

A horrible case of restitution was made
public in Milwaukee a few nights ago.
Mrs. Sophia Holzel, aged thirty
years, died suddenly at her home in the
rear of No. $50 Fourth street. The Coroner
was notified of the death, and Agent
Frellson, of the Associated Charities, was
called upon to look after two little children
of the dead woman, who were reported to
be in starving condition. When the
officer visited the premises, filthy howell,
he encountered a most revolving and sick
ening spectacle. Six large rats were dis
covered upon the body, and one side of
the woman's face had been eaten away by
the vermin. The husband of the deceased
was found lying in front of the place in an
intoxicated condition. The body was
taken to the morgue, and the two children
taken in charge of by Mr.. Frellson. He
said there was no doubt that the woman
died of starvation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

AN avaricious boss in rag picking
establishment became so excited over
one of the girls finding a diamond ring
In the pocket of cast-of vest, that he
would slip into the building at night
and on Sundays and go through the
most promising bundles. On one ocea-
sion he found nearly new pair of
drawers in a bale of English rags,
which he put on. In short time he
was stricken with smallpox and died,
but he didn't tell how he caught it until
he was so near gone that he felt there
was no chance of his living to be
laughed at for his folly.-N Z. San.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
The Java Horrors.
THE HAGUE. Sc

THE HAGUE, Sept. 5.
The Governor of the Dutch East Indies
telegraphs that the town of Telokbelong was
probably totally destroyed by the recent
volcanic eruption. The district in which
that town is situated is entirely inaccess-
ible, as all round it is obliterated. There
coast of Sumatra. Some of the lighthouses
in the Straits are standing, but the lights
of Tjeringine by the tidal wave and the
drowning Of 10000 people there is con-
frmed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
The East.

THE deaths of the following persons
were announced on the SOth ult.: Hon.
John Nice, of Buffalo, N. Y, a prominent
Republican politicians; Edward Mulvaney,
Of New York City, long identified with
Catholic education and literature, and
George F. Moore, formerly Chief.Justice
of Texas, died at Washington.
The camp-meeting at Ocean Grove, N.
j., closed on the Both ult. with solemn re-
ligious ceremonies. Over two thousand
persons partook of the communion at the
hands of hundred ministers. The 'March
Around Jerusalem" and general hand
shaking closed the service
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
Hanged Eight Years After Being Sen.
fenced.
Sn Insrpu In Go

ST. JOSEPH, La, Sept 3.
Esau Smith, colored, was hanged Friday
within the walls of the Jail, for the muir
der OF Esau McCan, August 5, 1875. He
was convicted of the murder in October of
the same year, and sentenced to be hangeI.
Soon after, he broke jail, and had been 1T
large till June last. Since his re incaI cefation
be made several attempts to to break j Ill,
succeeding once, when he made his way
half a mile before being recantured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

The Prince OF Montenegro, who
some time ago closed all tie cafes and
drinking-shops in his dominion, regard
ing them as schools of efemnacy, ex-
travagance and corruption. and abol-
ished all titles, so that while formerly
every other man in Montenegro was an
''Excellency,' now even the ministers
have to be contented with plain 'sMr-. y
has recently issued an edict against az
luxurious wearing apparel, y including
crayats, gloves, walking sticks, para
soils and umbrellas. - Chicago Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

AT the recent annual session in Mflwau-
kee of the Supreme Council of the Ameri-
can Legion of Honor Michael Nesbit, of
Pennsylvania, was elected Supreme Com
mander, and Adam Warnock, of New
York, Supreme Secretary.
AT Florence, A. T., on the Sd Redfield
and futile, who robbed the Riverside stage
August IL, and murdered the express mes
senger, were hanged.
AT the Pensacola Maynard DR.. Bosso,
who claimed to be almost infallible in the
treatment of yellow-fever, died Of that dis
ease ON the Sd.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

Nicholas Onden and his son John,
of Crooked Creek, Mimi, were suffo-
Gated the other morning in cistern.
They had built fire in it to dry it, and
the son went down to start the fire.
The father, seeing his son lying at the
bottom, procured rope, went down,
and when putting it about his sons
hodv fell dead
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

1t has been demonstrated at the
LIE Moyne furnace that it takes an hour
longer to burn up a big man than a lit
tie one. The corpse of Charles Altman,
weighing two hundred and seventy-fye
pounds, was the subject Of experiment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

The story of that whistling alligator
is on the grand rounds. Imagine an
alligator's mouth puckered up to a
whistling point. Indianapolis journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

"A romantic couple who were sum-
mering at Phenica, n. Y, were mar
ried under an elm tree by candle-ight
recently.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

The man who once traded the land
on which Denver now stands for mule
has been summering at Saratoga. - Troy
On ~ Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07

"A two-months child of Edgar Pal
mer, of Lysander, N. Y, fell into pail
Of sour milk recently and was drowned
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-09-07
RAGING WINDS.

Particulars of the Recent Gale on the
Nova Scotis Shore-Terrible Tales Told
by Captains of Craft Arriving in Port on
Sunday-Who1e Crews Swept from the
& Rigging of Rocking Ships by Mountain
Gus Waves.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21
oTHEn PLACES.

ST. LOUIS. No., May ia special
10 The Post Dispatch from Alton, Ill, says:
The storm last night was heavy, but did no
great damage here, but at Grafton, few miles
north, great damage was done All the der
ricks of the Grafton stone quarry company
were destroyed, together with five engines and
several houses the loss is very great Three
houses in Shinn Hollow, near Grafton were
Shea, John McYeagh, and Mike Garner. Mrs.
Garner was killed aud her husband supposed
10 have been thrown into ravine and killed,
and the body washed into the river
The storm was also severe at EdwardSville.
her fathers, near Edwardsville, to neighbours
was killed by being blown against tree. The
roof of the court house was blown off.
NATION, ILL.,, May ia severe
wlndstorm blew the Hillsboro bridge, on the
indianapolis & ST. Louis road, out of line last
night and the engine mail, and baggage cars
of No IL went down, killing Pat Welsh, en-
gineer, and seriously scalding Dan Harrington,
fireman. None of the passenger coaches left
the track. A barn on the Moultrie county poor
farm, containing grain, implements, and three
head of horses, was struck by lightning and
burned last night
RooDHoUsE, Ill, May ia wind
storm last night from the east and northeast
blew down number of houses and barns, kill
ing eight or ten persons and number OF
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21
FIshed ont OF the Lake.

CHICAGO, May 19.-The body of a
man was fished out of the lake at the foot of
Harrison street, and taken to the morgue.
From papers on his person, and some subse-
q 7ent inquiries it was learned that the mans
pane was James B. McLearn, formerly of the
firm of McLearn & Curtis, and living at
: so West Van Buren, street He a
luck pointer by trade, and he and Curtis had
been engaged in the manufacture of a
patent composition to take the place of
stone Mclean was heavy drinker, and his
dissipation has told upon him badly within
the last few months. He lost his business
connection with Curtis, and has not worked
steadily at his trade since. He had slight
quarrel with his wife, bat nothing worse than
that has happened before, and McLearn left
the house in pet Since then his wife has
heard nothing of him, and all the facts
seem to indicate a case of suicide, brought ON
by delirium tremens. Fortunately he had no
children, and his wife seems to be the only
person who really mourns his death.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21
GOES ACOUIT.
Jere Dunn, the Slayer of James Ell
lott, the Prize Fighter,
Acquitted.

CHICAGO, May 19.-One week ago
last Monday the trial of Jere Dunn for the
murder of James Elliott was begun in the
criminal court before Judge Smith. The case
has attracted wide attention. Both the princi-
psi actors IN the tragedy were well-knoWn
men, not only here but in name at least, over
a good portion of this country, especially in
sporting circles. The facts of the muir
der are in brief as follows: There
had been for some time unfriendly
relations between the two men and Elliott had
threatened to make Dunn climb wall" and
was said TO be looking for Dunn with the pur-
pose Of shooting him on sight On the night of
March LIST Dunn went INTO the Tiyoli saloon
on Dearborn street, walked through the front
room, through the door in the partition, and
immediately began firing at Elliott who was
sitting at table with Fred Plaisted A stlug-
gle en5ued IN the course of which Elliott was
seen to have q pistol, although it was testified
strongly that after the first shot he got
up from his seat and started to close with
Dunn with nothing in his hands However
Lhat may b., during the struggle, or possibly
before the men closed, Elliott received NOR
tai wound Dunn was arrested and jailed, all
indictment for murder in the first degree be-
ing found against him. Last night the trial was
brought to an end. Most of the past week has
been taken up by the arguments of counsel,
beginning with the opening statement by
Mr.; Mills for the state. Messrs Storrs
and Mum made eloquent pleas for
the prisoner, and as it appears
with convincing effect upon the jury MI.
Mills closed the case yesterday afternoon, the
judge charged the jury, and at $500 p. m. that
body retired to make up it's verdict About
D. m the jury re-entered the courtroom with
the verdict: Eve, the jury, find the prisoner.
Jere Dunn, not guilty" Dunn was accord
ingly discharged by the court and was driven
to Clayton saloon, where hefreceived the con
gratulafions of his friends.
One peculiar feature OF This case was the
unanimity with which the press of Chicago dc
manded the conviction of the prisoner
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21
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WI A91 III w.

Ladies, piece of adS ice--aev..i' setad
| your letters BY male.
/ William Eel, as a hero, is played
| ont. A relic Of bow-gun days is he.
A fiery novel is light reading. APP
petite originated in Hungary. ez-.sz
Money is the great enigma of the age.
Everybody is compelled to give it up.
The best way to get a man ION a
string" is to touch some tender chord in
his bosom.
When a dumb photographer wants to
say Eyes" to a customer, he merely dis
plays two negatives 80
Many man who thinks himself a
person of note is not so far out of the
way. He may be a natural or fiat.
''Montmorenci issa fine actor said
Brown .sYes, replied Fogg, the'i
what you might call stIper-fine actor .
Assafptida is now on the free.list,
there being no American cheese to com
pete with it
Many women are spoken of as an
gels, and Mrs. n oah must have been al
ark-angel,
A Polish novelist has written $50 stor-
les. No one ever thought semany stor-
les could be put on one pole.
Stage sticks seldom kindle any en-
thusiasm, but they are, sometimes fired
by the manager. #sA2
The sailor is very much IKE his ship.
When either go ashore, they are very
liable to get broken up.
The fashionable style of building in
New York is the bachelor fat. The ell
in, ,4-uh lfehv rs
worked by cork-serews.
Frenchman has offered a prize of
S., 600 for a cure for aiphtheria This
ought to be an excellent chance for
some OF Americas patent medicine men.
MAY see you home, Matilda?"
asked a verdant of his lady-loye, at
prayer meeting. Il guess so, Joshua;
but can't you see me herepP
"'Will you accept my arm, missP'
asked the aid-de-camp. ITO be sure"
was her reply, Its favorite staff off
er, sir. ="
A woman. who fell desperately. in love
with a man ON sight and married him,
refers to him as. her lord and mashed
her
To those who invest in real estate and
buy lots on long payments, it seems
yearly. more plain that Mortgage is
Lots wife. E8T
An exchange says it is now fashion
able to introduce some element of the
antique into every dress. What! are
old maids becoming the rageP
is that your dog, Mr. TriggP''
Yes, sir. that's my dog lis he a
setterP' Hes of that type. yes sir. 7
1s0h! then he's a type setter. =
A debating society viii tackle the
question: (which is the most fun-to
see man try to- thread q needle or
woman try to drive a nailp''
When q woman talks so rnuch that
her throat gets sore, she is always ready
to lay the blame on thin shoes and slop-
Ply streets
Artificial ewes have been found among
Egyptian mummies. Artificial lies are
an old invention; but IL is not polite to
say so. Mum is the word.
We often hear the expression that
ssthe fire had gone out And it is said
that in some of our large places you can
actually see the fire escape.
II get an inlSling of your thought ?
said the retreating book agent. and he
neatly lodged the flying bottle of writ
ing fluid as he made for the door
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21
Death az Eydia E,Inkham.

BosToN, Aass., May 19.-Lydia Pink
ham, WHOSE features and patent medicine adj
vertisements are familiar to every newspaper
reader in the country, died in Lynn of paraly-
sis. She was of Quaker parentage, was born in
Lynn in 1919, and lived there nearly all her
life. She began the manufacture of the medi-
cines which have made her famous some six
teen years ago from recipe left with her by a
ness grew until it aggregated 100000 year
Her newspaper advertising alone amounted to
$3.50, O00 year. She possesses a remarkable
sfg Lpeeon Se aya Ina ws
one son and daughter.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-21

save up enough to zet sway win sshen
the little yellow envelope shaIl be left On
his desk containing the polite IA ornna4fbn
that democratic head or Departments No
longer needs his services.
Between Mr. Robeson's house and Mr.
Pendleton's. is large building lot which
has been graded and turfed TO preserve
the effect of the two houses. 1t is now
offered for sale. That means that Mr..
Robeson's house is for sale. 1t would
hardly suit the aristocratic Secor TO have
a plebian, every day kind of a man at his
elbow, but il he wants to sell TO the high
est bidder he doesn't care who has the
next lot The less aristocratic Pendleton
may not object. Mr.. Window has gone
into the business of money making in good
earnest and is scraping in the shekels, so
people say who know. Mr.. Window was
always credited with genuine financial
ability-the power to make money by
bold combinations. He means to be
richer man than Mr.. Blain-besides Mr.
Blaine has the govt not the French govt
but the English article which is admitted
free of duty just imagine what an
agreeable patient Mr.. Blaine AN Arizona
cowboy would be mitk-sop to him.
Gail Hamilton is still at the Blaines's, and,
with the sublime. faith of woman. still be-
lieves that James G.. is the coming man,
not the man that has come and gone.
The rapid growth of Washington away
from the capitol building and in the di-
rection of Georgetown heights is plainly
shown by the selection of a site for the
new opera house ana casino in the north
west section, near the costly residence
built by Governor Shepherd and recently
occupied by Thomas j. Brady. The two
theatres which the city now has are on
or near Pennsylvania avenue between the
capitol and the treasury building. The
new enterprise is fairly under way, for
it is announced that nearly all of the first
100 shares of 81, 700 each have been
taken. The entire cost will be $500, 600,
but the builders will begin work when
half that sum shall have been subscribed.
The opera house is to contain from 1 800
to 1000 seats. The street front will he
so feet, and in it there will be eight exits. |
The floor of the auditorium will be below
the street grade. The casino which will |
be built in connection with the opera |
house will be constructed around q court, |
56 by 40 feet. This court viii be warmed |
and rooted with glass in the winter. |
Around it will be restaurants, cafes, read |
ing rooms, private dining rooms, and |
large ball room, with bowling alleys and |
racquet court. This establishment viii |
be sitaated in the heart of that section of |
Jhe city in which those persons live who |
will patroniZe it.. 40 PHoNo.