The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-12-19
WEST AND SOUTH.

Valley, a new mine was opened on the
18th, and two houses from which striking
miners had been elected were burned to
the ground.
A BLACKSMITH named John Henry, OF
Spring City, Ca, while digging in his yard
a few days ago struck vein of gold which
assayed fifty dollars to the ton. He had
been offered and refused $4,000 for his
property.
A FEW days ago John P. Harden, who
res des near Eittleton, w. Va, accidental
ly shot himself, his wife and four children
while trying to extract load from shot
gun. Mrs. Harden and one child were the
only ones fatally injured.
IT has been decided by Governor Rusk
Of Wisconsin, that there shall be no public
ceremonies at the Inauguration of State
officers. They will quietly take the oath
of office and retire to their respective de.
partmenUs.
LEADING hominy millers of the United
States effected a permanent organization
on the 18th by electing George J. Heilman
Of Evansville, Ind, President and George
N. Flanagan, of ST. Louis, Secretary and
Treasurer.
AT st. Louis five inches of snow fell OF
the 18th.
THE following executions took place or
the 18th: George Cook at Laramie City
wy. t., for killing his brother in law; and
Warren Price, at Wrightsville, Ga, fol
taking the life Of his son-in-law.
DURING court at Atlanta, Ga, few days
ago United States Judge Mccoy became
insane, and the bar prevented the transac.
ton of business. Insomnia was believed tc
have clouded his brain.
DURING the past year forty five lodges
and 1000 members were added to the Coco
Templar phalanx in Dakota.
TIE other evening Lewis Fox, manager
OF the Tate plantation near Little Rock
was shot dead while sitting at a table
writing, the assassin having fired through
window.
HEzEKIAH BROWN (colored) was take1
from his residence in the lower section o.
Howard County, Md, on the 18th by thir.
teen masked men and hanged to tree
The offense was said to be an assault upoI
white woman.
THE buildings, walks and lakes for tbs
Worlds Fair at New Orleans were nearly
all completed on the 18th. Several thousand
men were at work night and day in ar.
ranging exhibits, which poured in at the
rate of one hundred carloads daily. The
main structure covers thirty three acres
and has eighteen miles Of aisles and mile
of galleries.
GENERAL BRIsBIN, in a recent letter pub
lished in a Montana newspaper, declares
free cattle-ranges no longer practicable
and advocates q Texas cattle trail. He
states that one-sixth Of the herds west O.
the Missouri River are controlled by En-
glichmen, who get free grass and drive
citizens out Of the business.
ABOUT forty negroes lost their lives BY
the recent capsizing of oyster boats in the
Rappahannock River, in Virginia, during
gale. Seventeen bodies had been recov.
cred.
A FIRE broke out suddenly in Gray
Toyntos & Fox's candy factory at Detroi
on the evening of the 18th, causing the girls
employed in the second story to rush fol
the fire. escape, in descending which one
young woman fell and was slightly hurt
Three girls We're seen at window, but 6
sudden burst Of the flames drove them back
and they were burned to death.
In Idaho two cowboys recently TIED
their left hands together and fought due
with knives until both fell dead.
ORRIN A. CARPENTER, of Lincoln, H.
who was acquitted of the murder of Zors
Burns, fled from that place on the 18th tx
avoid assassination by the girls father. Hi
once ample fortune has shrunk to quarter
section of farming land.
The West Virginia Supreme Court ha,
decided that railroad charter is merely {
license, the right to fix freight and passen,
ger charges being vested only in the Leg.
islature.
AT st. Mary's, Kan, eight stores were
burned the other morning, causing loss O.
$4,000. Police Judge Highly persisted in the
flames.
FIRE recently destroyed the Calumet
Sewer-pipe Works, near Toronto, o., caus,
ing loss of 100000; insurance, $4,000
One hundred znd twenty men were thrown
out of employ rrcnt.
AN attempt to escape was recently made
by six eonvicts working in the mines al
Coal Greek, Tenn. but four were fatally
shot by the guards and the other two wer,
recaptured.
AT New Orleans the Grand Jury, aftel
examining over one hundred witnesses, ma.
indicted Recorder Ford, his brother anc
several police and court officers for tn,
murder of A. Fl. Murphy,
A FIRE at Johnstown, o., a few night
ago destroyed an entire block, including
hotel and the Masonic and Odd Fellows
halls, the loss being $4,000. One man wa
burned to death.
NEAR GAINESVILLE, Nd, Hezekiah Brown
colored preacher, whose offense was mar
rying a weak minded white girl of seven
teen, was iynched a few days ago by
mob. The colored people were greatly ex
cited over the affair.
On the 18th twenty three bodies o
oyster-fshers lost in the Rappahannocl
came ashore, and it was feared that a scor'
of corpses still remained submerged.
The number Of idle men in Detroit wht
were unable TO obtain work was on the 1871
estimated at $4,000, and in Chicago tn,
number was placed at q, 900. All the glas
manufactories at Bellaire, Martins Ferry
and Bridgeport, in Ohio, had closed up fol
an indefinite period, the men havins
struck. The stoppage affects about ZOO
people.
FRANK SHOOK, of Tiffin, O., aged thirty
was fatally shot a few days ago by Charles
Clark in quarrel over fifty cents. Clarl
was jailed.
In the Sunday school celebration of til,
Methodists at Baltimore on the 18th TWEEN
ty-five thousand children participated.
THE Mercantile Bank of Cleveland, o.
has been Authorized by the Comptroller O
the Currency to begin business; capital
81, 100000.
AN epileptic in tho insane ward of tn
jefferson City (Mo.) Penitentiary aros
from his cot few nights ago, and, secur
ing an iron rod, dubbed two other inmate
fatally and wounded third seriously.
ONE THOUSAND dollars was stolen from
the safe of the railroad agent at Dresden
! Tenn, the other night.