The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-12-26
WEST AND so,yTH

the part of a woman who had been de-
famed by the assassin, caused Edward
Richmond, young lawyer, to murder
Clifton Kirby, wealthy farmer, at Hunts
vile, Mo-, the other night.
KANSAS Prohibitionists met in State
Convention at Topeka on the 18th, and
adopted resolutions renouncing all al
legiance to former parties, declaring in
favor of National prohibition, demanding
woman suffrage, favoring the Government
issuing all money, tariff for revenue and
high tax on luxuries.
In Vincennes, Ind, horrible case of
starvation was discovered on the 18th. A
widow with several children was found in
bed cold and stiff in death. Her children
were around her, shivering with cold and
crying for mercy. They were saved from
starvation by the mother, who, rather than
see her children suffer, suffered herself.
Another widow with several children was
rescued.
In the Western Union Office at New Or
leans the telegraph operators struck on the
18th, owing to reduction of wages and an
increase in the hours Of labor.
A FIGHT between the local authorities of
Dunegan Settlement, Ga, and gang of
moonshiners a few days ago resulted in the
death of two of the moonshiners-
THE mercsry in Chicago early on the
morning of the 18th fell four degrees below
zero. California reported heavy rain
throughout the State. Railway traffic was
suspended in the Willamette Valley of
Oregon by the worst snow storm known in
thirty years.
THE hog cholera in Nebraska has caused
loss of probably 100000, the loss in
Sarpy County alone amounting to $4,000.
AT meeting in Chicago recently of the
general freight agents of the railroads
in Iowa, Dakota and Minnesota it was re-
solved not to reduce freight rates on grain,
as they did not ask share in the shippers
advantage last year.
SEVERAL representatives Of the lake
Superior iron interest, claiming to have
o., on the 18th and memoralized Congress
in opposition to the ratification of the
treaty with Spain.
AT the late election the people of IAorida
voted in favor of holding convention to
revise their State Constitution. The vote
was EYES," 1884; "No," 2S.130.
THE other night farmer Harrington of
Geneva, o., was shot dead by a burglar,
who also shot Mrs. Harrington through
the shoulder. The woman recognized the
murderer as Lewis Webster, neighbor,
and the district was being searched for
him.
THE other day Edward Cuttings, who
attempted to burn up his wife and child,
was sentenced at Baltimore to five years.
Imprisonment, and expired in the city Jail
in the evening.
LIEUTENANT ABERCRoMBIE arrived from
Alaska recently, and reported having ex-
plored the Yukon River for 3, 700 miles, and
found gold placers paying fifty dollars a
day to the man.
On a line across the continent from
Washington to Portland, Ore, the mer-
curry was below zero on the 18th. The
thermometer at Milwaukee marked % be-
low, is at Chicago, SO at st. Paul, % at
Rockford, ILL.,, and "A below at Des Moines,
la. At Davenport and Dubuque the
Mississippi River was frozen over. Lead
vile, COL, reported two feet of snow and
all railroads blockaded. Heavy snow
storms prevailed at Lynchburg and Rich
mond, Va, at Mobile, Ala, and at
| Raleigh, N. G.. The indications were that
the cold would be more severe.
FRIENDS of Temperance met at Des
Moines (Ia.) recently and resolved to call a
State Convention for January 81 to con-
| slider the outlooN: for the Prohibitory law.
OWING to the general depression in trade
it is said that the railroads running east
from st. Louis are doing only about half
the business done at this time last year.
WILLIAM SoMERvILLE, bachelor, was
shot dead by three negroes near Hazel
hurt, Miss, on the 18th, and robbed OF
$1,000. Two negroes have been arrested on
suspicion.
HIGH water IN the Arkansas River swept
away large portion of the Government
| Works at Pine Bluff, Ark, few days ago
| EARLY ON the morning of the 18th the
/ cold wave from the Northwest struck New
Orleans, and the day was raw with the
| thermometer near the freezing point. The
attendance at the exposition consequently
was small.
AROUND Dayton, o., hog-cholera has
been checked by the cold snap, after the
loss in eight counties of ten thousand hogs
BY collision with the steamer Victoria
the steamboat Fred. A. Blanks, valued al
100000, was sunk at New Orleans on ths
10Th.
AT noon on the 10Th it was IA above zero
in Petersburg, Va.-the coldest day in ter
years.
EARLY the other morning the Griffin
House at Youngstown, o.. was burned and
number of the guests escaped by jump.
! ing out of the windows.
LEUBRIE BROTHERS, of st. Louis, dry
goods dealers, failed recently for 100000
THE other night J. Henry Hobart, the
civil engineer who built the famous loop
on the Southern Pacific Road, was frozeI
to death in the street at Omaha after be-
| coming intoxicated.
LYMAN STRONG & Son, wholesale mar
bic dealers at Cleveland O., have failed fol
$4,000.
NEAR the Exposition grounds at New
| Orleans M unfinished stluature fell m th<