The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28

In a quarrel in saloon at Sherman,
Tex, on the 21st J. W. Atkins and his son
Henry and an officer were shot dead and
two other persons were seriously wounded.
The three children of John Reader per-
ished by fire in his farmhouse near Vas
sar, Mich, few days ago, while the par
ents were at work in the fields.
A FIRE a few days ago destroyed the
Commercial Hotel, town market and thir-
teen other buildings at Wilson, N. G.
AFTER hearing arguments, the Utah
Commission decided on the 21st to refer the
question Of the right of Mormons to vote at
school elections to Attorney General Brew
ster.
On the 21st two hunters found the dead
body of a young and pretty woman, neatly
dressed, in Baltimore County, Md. A ring
on her finger bore the inscriptions "Miz-
pah, May 1, 1885," and on the back of her
gold watch were the words: "Frank to
Gertrude" In purse in the pocket of her
gown wa $685.
The appointment is announced of Con-
gresham Tucker, of Lynchburg, as guard
ian to the minor children of the late Presi-
dent Garfield, and he will have control of ali
the Garfield property in Virginia.
A FEW evenings ago the Matthews House
at Duluth, Mimi, was burned, the guests
losing all their effects M. j. Kolsmech
was suffocated, and two variety actresses
were lowered from window by negro,
who then had to jump for his life.
The execution of Oliver Bateman, who
murdered and outraged the little McLaugh-
lin girls, took place on the Dist at Savan-
nah, Mo. John Bush (colored) was exc
cuted at Lexington, KY, for murder COM
mitted six years ago. He had had ten
trials.
ROBERT EDDINGToN, boy of seventeen,
was reciting "Hohenlinden" at the Mont
gonery Bell Academy at Nashville,
Tenn, on the 21st, when he paused,
confused and forgetful of the poem.
His face withered, and he started to
his seat, when he fell dead on the floor.
Heart-disease was the cause.
(. In the Jail at Lima, O., Benjamin Hef-
ner, wife murderer, killed himself the
other night.
FIRE few evenings ago destroyed the
Osborne building at st. Paul, Mimi, caus-
ing loss of 100000.
WHILE Thomas Key, ferryman, with
his child, was conveying nine persons
across the river at Cuperton's Ferry, Ala,
on the 22d, the boat capsized, and only
three of those on board were saved, the
ferrylnan, his child and four others being
swept away and drowned. Keys wife,
who witnessed the accident from the bank
of the river, has gone mad.
THE following is the official canvass of
the vote at the recent election in Illinois:
Blaine, 337, 4S1; Cleveland, 312,355; Butler,
1920; st. John, 1904; Mr.. Blaine's
plurality, 25,126. For Oglesby
S94,217; Harrison, S19,577; Hobbs, 1O,7S6;
Harper, S,6S7; Oglesby's plurality, 1850.
EARLY the other morning burglars at
Denison, Tex, entered the saloon of j.
Lewis Libbe, broke open the safe, and stole
$1,000.
REPORTS received at the st. Paul Rail-
road Company's Office in Milwaukee on the
afternoon of the 23d state that the mercury
was ten degrees below zero all along its
lines in Dakota and Minnesota.
In Baltimore recently J. L. Cranberry,
clerk in wholesale house, lost 81 800 of his
employers money while on spree. On
fully recovering his equilibrium he was so
stricken as to kill himself by
severing an artery in his wrist.
On the 22d between 1000 and 1900 men
were thrown out of employment by the
closing down of the North Chicago Roll
ing-Min Company's mills at South Chi
clgo.
A FIRE destroyed the Grand Opera
House in Market street, st. Louis, few
afternoons ago; loss, $4,000
A CALL has been issued by w. A. Pledg-
er, Chairman, for a meeting of the Colored
National Committee to convene at New
Orleans December IL to consider the situa-
ton of the colored people under the Demo-
cratic party.
THE barn of Samuel McGregor, at Lisbon,
D. T., was destroyed by fire an the 23d, and
Mr.. McGregoI and twenty EIGHT horses
persisted in the flames.
AT Jackson, Mich, the trial of Daniel
Holcomb for the murder of the Crouch
family was indefinitely postponed on the
I'D on account of the death of Frank E.
Hewlett, prosecuting attorney.
In st. John Parish, near New Orleans,
the other night wind-storm wrecked
number Of buildings. Anatole Perret, a
nephew of Congressman elect st. Martin,
was killed.
AT the recent election in West Virginia
the official vote was as follows: Cleveland,
6hol7; Blaine, 63,096; Butler, $40; st.
John, $50.
HE announcement is made that there is
an attempt in Baltimore to show that
Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln be-
cause of the latter's failure to pardon
Captain John Yates Beall, who was shot
as Confederate spy.
TIM DoNAHUE's "shanty" near Ham
mondsford, Mimi, took fire a few nights
ago, Donahue and man named James
Ryan perishing in the flames.
q CALFoRNIA's official vote at the recent
election is as follows: Blaine, 100,S16;
Cleveland, SS,307; st. John, 2,640; Butler,
1875; Blaine's plurality, 1850.
THE report of the Indiana State StatiBti-
clan shows 2,229 manufacturing instisu-
tions in the State, with total invested
capital of S52,941 $40. The value of the
goods manufactured per annum is $751;
35l ,S72, and the total wages paid is ST.
5S7, 14O.