The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-10-29
THE EAST.

FOREST fires were doing great damage
on the 21st in the counties of Union, SOM
erset and Essex, in New Jersey
AT trial of ordnance at Sandy Hook
on the 21st Lieutenant Metcalf and SOL
der named King were killed by tho ex-
plosion of shell.
AT Pennington, Me-, fire on the 22d
destroyed the best part of the town, in
GLIDING the hotels, newspaper offices, past
office and churches.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 23d: Republicans-Ne
York, Fourth district e. f. O'Connor;
Twelfth, Edward Einstein Democrats
Rhode Island, First district, Oscar Lap
ham; Second, Charles F. Bradley; Massa-
chusetts, Third district, Leopold Morse,
The Executive Board of the National
Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers
issued an official address at Pittsburgh on
the 22d Ito the miners and mine laborers
and all wage-workers of the United States
and Territories" denouncing the Knights
of Labor as fire-brands calculated to create
discord.
THE Greenbackers in New Jersey met in
State convention at Newark on the ed
and nominated Erastus Potter for Coy
ernor.
FOREST fires were raging ON the ed in
the Blue mountains, separating Berks and
Schuylkill Counties, Pa. Over one thou
sand acres of woodland had been burned
over
THE finding of gold in paying quantities
on the east side of Greyloclz mountain, at
North Adams, Mass, was reported on the
22d.
THE death of John Ham, of Darlington,
N. H., veteran of the war of 1872 oc-
CURED on the 231, at the age of ninety-two
years.
THE recent fire at Pennington, Me-, de-
stroyed thirty-three dwellings, nineteen
stores and three churches The loss was
estimated at $500, 00O
THE John w. Monsou, a schooner which
sailed from Boston August IL, was on the
23d given up for lost Charles Doty was
her MASTER and she carried a crew of ten
men.
FOREST fires were raging on the A5h near
Great Darlington, N. H., over twelve hun
dred acres having already been burned
over
On the Oath John McGowan and his wife
were found dead in their bed at Syracuse,
n. Y, their threats having been cut from
ear to ear. There was no clue to the trae-
edy.
FOREST fires were doing great damage on
the 18th near Bayside, N. Y.
PORTLAND (Me.) advices of the 25th say
that the mackerel fishing during the sea-
son now ended was the poorest ever known
to New England fishermen.
THE following Democratic Congressional
nominations were made on the 25th: New
York, Third district James Bell; Seventh,
j. ]. Hunt; Twentyfifth, J. B. Angel.
CoRNELIA M. STEWART, wifea of the late
millionaire dry-e goods merchant, died sud-
denly at her residence in New York on the
morning of the 25th. She was born in
1909, and was married to Mr.. Stewart ID
1923. Her wealth was estimated at $780,
100000
MASON w. TAPPAN, Attorney General for
New Hampshire, died at his home in Brad
ford on the 25th
On the 18th one thousand employees of
the Eddystone paint-works at Chester, Pa,
struck for an increase of wages.
In the mountains near Reading, Pa, the
fire was extinguished on the 25th, after
five thousand acres of valuable timber
land had been burned over. A number of
cattle persisted in the flames
On the 25th the French delegates APP
pointed to atte0d the unvailing of tho
Bartholdi statue, including M. Bartholdi
and M. de Lesseps, arrived in New York
WALTER, youngest son of Judge Daniels,
of Buffalo N. Y, the Republican candi-
date for Justice of the Court of Appeals,
accidentally shot himself dead while hunt
ing on the 25th