The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-21
WEST AND SOUTH.

President, Governor Crosby, of Montana,
stated that the population Of the Territory
was $4,000, the taxable property was val
ued at $60,000,000, and that an application
would soon be made for admission as a
State. He said many of the Indians were
in deplorable condition, and he feared
many would die dur'n the coming winter.
He recommends that their reservations be
thrown open for settlement.
On the 18th Robert Standring, an or
dained preacher of the anti -polygamy
branch of the Mormon Church, and his
wife were found murdered on their ranch,
near Pine Grove, Col. Standring was a
wealthy pioneer.
On the New York, Pennsylvania g. Ohio
Railroad a freight-traln was wrecked early
the other morning near Ashland, 0. Two
persons were killed outright, and the fire.
man, who jumped into creek, was serious
ly injured.
DR.. GEORGE WoRrHINGToN, for many
years Rector of st. JOINTS Episcopal Church,
Detroit, has decided after repeated calls to
accept the Episcopal Bishopric of Ne.
braska.
THE Michigan delegation in the Forty
ninth Congress will consist of seven Fusion
lists and four Republicans--a Fusion gain
of one.
In Rummel'5 magazine, near Toledo, O.,
ten tons of giant powder exploded few
mornings ago by the detonation of tub of
nitro glycerine, which had placed near a
fire to thaw. The explosion was beard at
Detroit, sixty miles away, and in the i'm
mediate district smashed windows, leveled
fences and barns and tore limbs from trees.
Several persons were injured, but none
fatally.
THE Fox and Sac Indians have leased
two hundred thousand acres of grazing
land to Kansas parties for ten years at
$4,000 per annum, the wire fencing to re-
vert to the Indians at the expiration of the
lease.
THE second annual session of the Nation
al Stockmen's Association convened at the
Sherman House in Chicago on the 18TH
Over two hundred delegates were in at
tendance.
MORMON converts to the number of about
one hundred left Chattanooga on the 18Th
for Utah. In the party were three ne
groes-two men and woman. Those were
the first converts to Mormonism from that
race.
PORTLAND (Ore.) advices of the 14th
state that the smuggling of Chinese from
British Columbia into Washington Terri
tory still continues. Recently a small
schooner landed forty at one of the lower
wharves in Seattle. 1t required the great
est vigilance to prevent the country from
being overrun with them. Opium was
brought over the same way.
AT Anderson, Ind, Doxey's Opera House
| (Which cost $G0,000), number of business
structures and livery stable containing
horses, vehicles, etc, were destroyed by
fire early the other morning.
AT political celebration at Wellington,
Kan, few evenings ago Mrs. John
Schnarr and hotel clerk were struck by a
| sky-rocket and killed, and w. H. Hood was
seriously injured.
| A TERRIBLE railroad accident occurred
early on the morning of the 14th at Hemp
stead, Tex, on the Houston & Texas Central
Railway. The north bound express crashed
through bridge and into Clear Creek,
drowning twelve of the passengers and
wounding twenty others. Many of the
/ dead were mangled beyond recognition.
SEVERAL wealthy gentlemen of Cleve-
land, O., have Incorporated the Cleveland
Farming Company, and purchased $1,000
acres of land in Richland County, D. T.,
which will be put under cultivation next
year. The capital stock of the company is
| fixed at 100000.
THE other evening Truman B. Handy, o
noted grain Spectator at Cincinnati, was
| fatally injured in a runaway accident.
ROBBERS blew open the safe in the dry
goods store of David Beigle, at Touchdown,
O., recently with dynamite and robbed it
of $1,000 in money and notes.
A KEROSENE Larrel which was thrown on
bonfire in Chicago exploded on the 10Th,
fatally burning six children-Runnal and
Adam Poole, brothers; Eddie and Aggie
Burke, brother and sister; Annie Ward,
and a two-year-old son of James Daily.
Several others were slightly injured.
A FIRE recently destroyed the Eureka
ol-mil at Arkansas City, owned by citi-
zens of Little Rock and Memphis, and
valued at $125,OoO.
| In Petersburg, Va, three warehouses
owned by j. NJ. Williams, containing l.
100000 pounds of sumac, were burned a
few days ago.
THE other night six buildings of the Will
mington (Del) Glass forks were burned.
The official vote OF IOhio at the recent
election gives total of 5,179. Mr.. Blaine
! had 400,9S2; Cleveland, 36S, 2S0; st. John,
1920; Butler, 5,l70; Blaine's plurality
81 1902.
INSEagle Township, O., great indigna-
ton has been aroused by the robbing of
the cornerstone of St. Johns Church of
the gold and silver coins therein deposited.
The official vote Of Arkansas at the re-
cent election is as follows: Cleveland, r.
800; Blaine, 51,544 Butler, 1908. Cleve-
lands plurality 81 Az.
AT Goldsboro, n. c., twenty five leading
business houses were few days agotae.