The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-18


secret treaty was also said to exist be-
tween Germany and China whereby the
former would support the latter in war
! with France.
on the 10th the body of Gertie Phillips,
aged seventeen, was found in a wood near
her home at Salineville, o., shot through
the head. George Hunter, with whom she
was last seen, had been arrested on sus-
picion. 8
The late President w. r. McGill, of the
Cincinnati & Eastern Road, who was
killed recently by falling from car, it
was stated on the 10th procured about
$4,000 on spurious notes, and that his vic
Tins were friends. These developments
gave rise to the belief that he committed
suicide. fE. M
IT is said that Adolphus Scipio, an Ital-
ian farm laborer, of White County, Ind,
has fallen heir to 100000 francs by the
death of an uncle in Italy.
Ar the Chicago Driving Park on the 10th
the remarkable performance of the PAGER
Westmont placed. him at the head Of the
turf. He paced mile with running
mate in 2:015z.
ply, the famous chess-player, was
drowned in his bath tub in his residence.
He was forty-seven years old, and had
been demented for some years.
THE Democratic National Convention
reassembled on the morning of the 18th
and second ballot was taken, which gave
the Presidential nomination to Grover
Cleveland, of New Y ork, who received 683
votes, Thomas F. Bayard standing second
with 81. After recess there were named
for Vice President General Rosecrans,
Governor Click, General John G. Black,
Joseph E. Mcdonald and Thomas A. Hem
bricks. The formal ballot proceeded for
short time, when Hendricks was NOM
mated by reclamation. The convention
then adjourned sine die
EXECUTIONS took place as follows on the
18th: Charles and William Hamilton,
brothers, at Warrensburg, Mo-, for the
murder Of Carl Steldle; "Shine" For
rest, at Paris, Tenn, for killing his mother
and grandmother, and Thomas L. Thomp-
son, a white man, John Davis, full
blooded Choctaw Indian, and Jack Wom-
ankiller, Cherokee, at Fort Smith, Ark,
for murders committed in Indian Terri
tory.
AT Baltimore a rain and thunderstorm
prevailed for two hours on the 18th, the
water falling in sheets, flooding the cellars
and first floors of business and dwelling
houses, and doing 100000 damage. The
removal of furniture and merchandise to
upper floors was necess ity in some cases.
During the storm an infant child of Mrs.
Williams was killed by lightning while
lying in bed.
The Illinois State Board Of Health has
itary circular, urging that precautions be
taken to prevent and counterfeit the in
roads of cholera, and suggests the clean
ing of streets, alleys, etc.
AMONG the oil tanks Of the Cleveland
(O.) Refining Company recent fire de-
stroyed six hundred barrels of oil and
other property.
THE only person Indicted for the burn
ing of the Cincinnati Courthouse during
the late riot, William Hart, was acquitted
on the 18th.
IT has been decided by the State Central
Committee of Arkansas that it is inexpedi-
in the field.
In quarrel in a Baltimore saloon early
the other morning George w. Sanner, Jr.,
a gambler, shot and killed William J..
Crump, son of deceased Virginia Judge.
THE yield of wheat in Michigan this
year is estimated at q, 965,391 bushels
1,512,S41 bushels less than the crop of 1883.
THE failure is reported of Everett &;
Weddell, private bankers of Cleveland,
o. for $1,0O0,0O0. 1t was thought the sus-
pension would only be temporary.
A FIRE the other night swept away sew
en- stores on Market street, Chattanooga,
valued at $4,000.
In VOLTS portable saw-mill near Mill
field, o., the boiler exploded a few days
ago, hurting one man great distance, and
fatally wounding and scalding three 9th.
ers. The structure was entirely demol-
ished
j. B. ROSE, Harry casper and Vincent
Angelo, three prominent young business
men Of st. Louis, were drowned in. the
river at that place few evenings ago by
the boat in which they were riding coming
in contact with ferry boat and. being
crushed.
AT Des Moines, Ia, the first case for vio-
lation Of the Prohibition law was tried on
the 18th, the defendant, who alleged that
the beverage he sold was mead, being fined
one hundred dollars.
The Department of Agriculture of Illi-
nois reported on the 10Th an average yield
of winter wheat in the northern division,
and about three-fourths of crop in the
central and southern portions of the State
On the evening of the 18th the six.days'
walking-match in Chicago closed with the
following score: Panchot. 400 miles; Vint,
446; ellis, 439; Schock. 1856; Khrona, 402
1T is estimated by the Ohio State Board
of Agriculture that the yield of wheat in
the State will be 81, 4S7, $50 bushels, of ex-
cellent quality, against 25,500,000 bushels
badly shrunken last year.
ADvIcEs of the 18th stated that General
West had declined to accept the nominal
tion on the Greenback ticket for Vice Pres
ident with General Butler.
"A DUEL was fought by w. Fl. Beale and
J. Bowie at Dallas, Tex, few days ago,
and both were killed.
The loss by the recent storm in Balti-
more and vicinity was on the 18th placed
at 100000. Over one thousand houses
were flooded.
On the 14th the National Educational As
ISOLATION met at Madison, Wis, prominent
educators from all parts of the country
being in attendance. DR.. e. E. White, of
Ohio, was elected President of the Nation
al Educational Council.
In two cemeteries at Sinking Springs,
Va, seven graves were desecrated few
nights ago, three bodies of adults being
carried off, and the remains of an infant
and another adult left beside the open
graves.
RICHARD MAY (colored) was taken from
jail at Greensboro, KY, early on the
morning OF the 14th by masked mob,
and hanged. The jailer fred on the party,
killing one man and fatally wounding
another The mob then shot the jailer,
who died soon after.
The assignment of Burgert Sc Hart,
wholesale boots and shoes, at Toledo, O.,
with liabilities of 100000, is reported.
Mr.. I. Al. LEWIS, noted throughout Ohio
for the interest he took in religious mat