The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-10-10
THE EAST.

THE EAST.
NOMINATIONS for Congressman were
made on the 1st as follows: Democratic
Connecticut, Fourth District, Edward W.
Seymour, (renominated); New Jersey,
Third District, Robert S. Green. Repub-
can-Massachusetts, Eleventh District,
William Whiting (renominated).
WRITING paper makers met on the 1st at
Springfield, Mass, and resolved, in view
of the prohibition of the importation of
foreign rags, to advance the price of paper
one to two cents per pound.
BRADLEY, GARRETsoN & Co., publishers,
of Philadelphia, failed recently for $780,
600.
THE other night the Glen House, on
Mount Washington, was burned, and the
woods in the vicinity were blazing brightly.
There were apprehenslons that some lives
had been lost.
The trustees of the Peabody Educational
Fund held their annual session at New
York on the 1st, General Agent Curry re-
porting an expenditure of $4,000 in the
Southern States during the year.
THE discovery was made ON the 1st by
w. j. Simmons, wealthy citizen of Troy,
N. Y, that his daughter had been secretly
married to his coachman named w. B..
Bartholomew.
THE Legislature of Vermont met in bien-
NAL session at Montpelier on the LIST.
DURING September there arrived at New
York from Europe 26,S72 immigrants. The
arrivals at the same port since January
number 2f700O, which is almost 10000 be-
low the aggregate for the corresponding
nine months of last year.
LEOPOLD MORSE has been nominated for
Congressman by the Republicans of the
Fifth Massachusetts, District.
AFTER an elaborate review tho New
York Times predicts speedy Improvement
in the dry-goods trade.
AN order has been received by a bank
note company in New York to engrave
and print bonds to the value of $1OO,O0O,-
600 for the Peruvian Government.
The death of Frank s. Chanfrau, the
well-Snown actor, occurred on the I'd in
Jersey City, at the age of sixtv-fve years.
On the 3D. the colored janitor of the New
Haven post-of1ice confessed to stealing let
tiers, among those taken being one contain
ing SlO,bO0 in bonds.
THE other day Robert c. Taylor, cash
ior Of the Farmers Bank, of Indiana, Pa,
fell dead in the doorway of his residence.
AT Braddock, Pa, an incendiary fire re-
Gently destroyed eleven frame structures
A man was struck by fire hook and
fatally hurt.
The other evening Benjamin Thomas, a
Narragansett Indian, who presided at the
last great council, was killed by train
near Wood River Junction, r. |.
THREE THOUSAND acres of land on the
Monougahela River, few miles above
Pittsburgh, have been leased by expert
enced wel-borers who wilt endeavor to
fad petroleum. The territory has never
been tested.
AT Connellsville, Pa, miue has com.
menced the use of electric lights.
THE BrGdStreet record of business fail.
ures for three-quartcrs of the present year
(up to October y number $500, against
1853 in the corresponding period of last
year. For the full year the estimate was
1900, against 10, 191 last year.
The German Society of the State of New
York celebrated in the metropolis on the
Attn the centennial anniversary Of its or
said that in 1882 there were but 10, 900
Germans in the United States, while now
they number 3,S00,000.
THE other morning George Turner, aged
sixteen, fired into number of boys who
were camping near Binghampton, N. Y,
killing one of the lads and fatally injuring
another. Turner thon attempted to escape,
but was captlred.
HANCoCK's storage warehouse at Phila-
delphia was destroyed by fire few days
ago, involving n loss of $500, 600
THIRTY-NINE editors and reporters OF
the New York Herald, many Of whom had
been with the paper for years, were sum-
marily discharged few days ago, caus-
ing a sensation in journalistic circles.
In u Buffalo elevator bulkhead col
lapsed the other morning, burying -four
men in the grain, one Of whom was suffo
Gated and the others were seriously hurt
On the 9th forty-one diamonds, valued
at $4,000, were seized from the foreign
mail Of the steamer Britannia, at New
York.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were mad,
by Tammany Hall in New York City OF
the 9th as follows: Sixth District, N. Null
Ter Oenominated); Seventh, John
Adams (renominateD; Eighth, S. s. Coz
(renominated); Ninth, Joseph Pulitzer
Tenth, Abram S. Hewitt (renominated)
Eleventh, John J. Hardy Oenominated)
Twelfth, Orlando B. Potter Crenominated)
Thirteenth, Egbert L. Velle.
THE failure is announced of Joseph w
Rosenthal, wholesale dealer in clothing
in New York City, for 100000.
THROUGHOUT Connecticut an election
was held on the 9th to vote upon the Con
stitutional amendment providing TO
biennial elections Of members Of the Leg
islature and biennial sessions. The meas
ure was carried by majority of over ID,
ono. The cities also generally voted fo
license, while many Of the smaller town.
voted against it.
The death of John +. Steinman, the old
est merch ant in the State, and a soldier 0
the war of 1919, occurred the 0thsr after
noon ct LasresSt&r, Pa, at the aga of nine
ty~6Ve years,