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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
THE STORM KING.
Much Damage Caused In and Around
New York by a Heavy Storm of Rain,
Lightning and Win

Much Damage Caused In and Around
New York by Heavy Storm of Rain,
Lightning and Win
New YORK, Sept ia severe storm
prevailed in the city and vicinity last even
ing. The wind had a clean sweep across
the upper end OF the island, and did con-
siderable damage. Signs and awnings
were torn down and houses unroofed. The
gale waa felt more generally in Manhat-
tan village, where several buildings
were unroofed and one house entirely de-
molished. No persons were injured. Sew.
eral Western Union and fire-alarm poles
were torn down and thrown across the
streets. People living in the neighbor-
hood were panic-strickel.. They sought
safety in the streets, preferring a drench-
ing to burial under a pile of bricks and
mortar.
The storm throughout the city was Sc
we're. Pedestrians downtown were forced
to take refuge in Railways and store
doors. The waves of the bay were so
high that they were dashed away up
over the battery wall, and the pier
in front of the dock commissioners
building near the battery was flooded.
The lightning struck a number of houses,
and at Manhattanville several trees were
FRUSTRATED. In several instances the cleo
trio currents came out OF the telephones
several feet and were accompanied with
cracking sounds. The highest rate of
speed attained by the wind was twenty.
two miles an hour. The total rainfall was
LA inches.
Shade trees and buildings were wrecked
at Westchester. At Williams Bridge a
house in process OF construction, owned by
John Young, was blown down. barn be.
longing to Peter Briggs was struck by
lightning and destroyed. together with it's
contents. Fences were blown down. tele-
graph poles Frustrated and small houses
wrecked. No lives were lost.
At Coney Island awnings, signs, ETC.,
were blown away. The glass pavilion,
Briody's pavilion, Bader's, Perry's and
other hotels were damaged slightly. The
new archway and frame OF the depot at
the boulevard terminus OF the Sea Branch
railroad extension were leveled to the
ground.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
AMERICAN SAILS VICTORIOUS.

The Boston Sloop M2yfiower Defeats the
British Cutter Galatea in the Interna-
tional Yachting Contest for the Ameri-
cas- Cup-The Victor Crosses the Line
Over Half an Hour Ahead of the VAN
pushed.
New YORK, Sept. lathe crack Boston
sloop Mayfower Saturday won the second
race for the America cup and saved it for
another year at least. What with the
light wind that prevailed early in
the race the winning sloop came
only within eleven minutes OF the
seven hours limit, beyond which the
race would have been declared off for
another trial, but she won the race and
the cup by coming in someth 2 like thirty.
four minutes and twenty seconds ahead oil
the Galatea. The distance sailed was
twenty miles to windward around Sandy
Hook lighthouse and return, from point
near the Scotland lightship.
The Mayfower got away at 11:22:25,
the Galatea following a little more than
two minutes later. The wind was west.
northwest, and was blowing at the rate of
fifteen miles an hour. At 1904 the wind
had increased to twenty-three miles an
hour, and the Mayfower was about
quarter of a mile in the lead At 12:48
the wind had dropped little, and was
blowing at the rate of nineteen miles an
hour The Mayfower at this time was
nearly u mile ahead OF the Galata. Tho
Boston vessel kept gaining on her
British competitor, turning the stake
boat and coming into the home
Gfrntph thran Y,1ilac IN,
The wind had gone down to twelve miles
an hour.
It was 1:54:20 when the Mayflower
turned the stake boat. She then trimmed
her sheets and headed off west by north
for the Jersey coast. At 2:09:30 the Gal
atea reached the buoy and rounded. AS
she did SO, and trimmed in for a stretch
on the starboard tack the Maydower,
away ahead, came about.
- During the race home the wind died out
SO frequently that considerable specula-
ton was INDUCED in as to whether the race
could be covered in seven hours.
The sun was halt set behind Sandy Hook
when the gun from Commodore Gerry's
Electra announced that the Mayfower
was crossing the line at the finish. 1t was
just eleven minutes and forty seconds past
six O'Clock. The Gaetea came up, and
crossed laziIy at $40, just thirty-four
minutes twenty seconds actual time be-
hind the Mayfower
The yacht Priscilla, one of the Mayflow-
er's rivals in tine preliminary races, sailed
over the course on Saturday with the two
racers. Although not in the race she
proved good second, turning the stake
boat only one minute and twenty seconds
behind the Mayfower, and finishing four
minutes and few seconds latcr than the
victor, and about half an hour ahes:i OF
the vanquished British cutter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

HE statement was made by Prof. Wig
gins, of Ottawa, Ont, on the 9th that in
March, 1885, he predicted the recent earth
quakes in the South and said others were
coming.
TWENTY British soldiers who partici-
pated in the recent evictions near Birr,
Ireland, upon declaring that they would
perform no more duty of that sort, were
on the 9th placed under arrest for mutiny
REPORTS that reached Paris on the 10th
from the Bishop of Tonquin stated that
seven hundred Christians had been mas
sacred and forty villages burned in the
province of Monica and that nine thou
sand Christians were perishing of hunger.
A CoLLIERY explosion near Bristol, Eng,
ON the 10th killed seven persons and in
jured ten others
AT Paris on the 18th the new American
Church of the Holy Trinity was opened to
public worship.
HAIL-sToRMs reported from Germany on
18th had destroyed many vineyards on the
Rhine, and done great damage. The towns
of Herzfeld, Westminster, Uttenheim, Boil
senheim, Schaeffersheim and Lipsheim
were devastated.
dor fisheries were an entire failure. Not
enough fish had been caught to pay for
their transportation, and as consequence
sew enty thousand people were destitute
In a sculling match on the Thames course
on the 18th, George w. Lee, the American
oarsman, defeated Neil Matterson, the Aus
tralian.
PANIC was created on the 18th in a
Catholic church at Radna, Austria, by the
altar curtains taking fire from the candles.
Fifteen persons were crushed to death and
thirty moro we're severely injured
A ROYAL commission has been appointed
to inquire into the necessity of civil
service reform in the English Government
THE result of the cholera ravages in
Italy on the 18th were: Ravenna, 10 new
cases, deaths; elsewhere, 81 new cases, 81
deaths.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
ver, and their horse and wagon was

river, and their horse and wagon was
swept away.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 18th: Republicans-Ken-
lucky, Tenth district, W. L. Hurst: Mis-
souri,, Tenth district F. W. Ledergerber.
Democrat-Illinois, Second district, Frank
Lawler (renominated).
The standing of the National League
baseball clubs at the close of the week
ended on the 11th was as follows: Chicago,
games won. 76; lost, % Detroit, won, -;
lost, 20. New York, Won, g.; lost 81.
Philadelphia, won, SO; lost, g. Boston,
won, "a; lost, So. St Louis, won, 81; LOST
a. Kansas City, won, %; lost. 60 Wash
ington, won, Is; lost. 49,
UNKNOWN persons on the 18th murdered
and robbed G. E. Powers, agent Of the
Vandalia line at Marshall Crossing, near
Terre Haute, Ind. The murdIerers only
got watch and ten dollars.
AN attempt was made just before mid
night on the 10th to destroy the signal tow
er on the Lake Shore tracks near Fortieth
street. Chicago. A bomb was fired and
thrown into the building, and its explosion
did considerable damage.
SEVERAL shocks of earthquake were re-
ported from Charleston, S. c., on the
night of the 18th, but the people were be-
coming somewhat callous, and there were
no panics
The special session of the Legislature of
California adjourned sine die on the 18th.
Snow fell on the 18th at Ishpeming,
Mich.
SEVERE shocks of earthquake in the coal
mining regions near Akron, O., on the 18th
shook houses and greatly frightened the
people.
By fusion of the Democrats and Green
hackers of the Fourth Michigan district on
the 18th, Harvey c. Sherwood was nomi-
mated for Congress In the Second Wiscon-
sin district the Democrats nominated A.
K. Delaney on the 216th ballot.
MAYOR CoURTEyAY, of Charleston, s. c.,
stated that the relief fund up to the 18th
had reached S20U,00o. Ninety deaths were
caused by the earthquakes
A SENSATION was created at Columbus,
o., on the 18th by Judge Wylie instructing
the grand jury to indict persons who had
been guilty of frauds ct recent primary
elections or who had secured nominations
for office by corrupt means.
SEVERAL buildings were demolished by
tornado at Lincoln, Neb., on the 18th.
In attempting to light fire with kero-
sene oil on the 18th, Mrs. Anna Leach, of
Cleveland, o.. was burned to death.
AT Winchester, Va, at the election on
the 18th, the Prohibitionists carried every
ward in the city, and elected their ticket.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
BURIED IN A MINE.
Fears That a Number of Men Have Been
Killed by CaveIn at Scranton.


Killed by Cave-In at Scranton.
SCRANTON, Pa, Sept. 14.-The Marvine
shalt collierv of the Delaware & Hudson
Canal Company was the scene of an
extensive cave-in yesterday morning, by
which it is feared a number of men
have lost their lives. How many
it is impossible to say, the sup
positions varying from six to nine There
seems to be but little question of the death
of one OF them, an elderly man named j ohm
Shafer. A number OF men were cut and
bruised by falling OF rock and coal in max
ing their escape up the slope.
For several weeks squeeze has been go
ing on in the chambers on the left-hand
side of the mine. Yesterday morning
about sixty men went to work in the
right-hand chamber. After they had been
at work some time it was noticed that
the squeeze was extending in the direction
of the place where the men were at
work. They were at once notified OF
the danger and all started for the foot of
the shaft. Two falls occurred, and it is
not known whether the missing men were
caught by the falls or had returned to the
back part OF the mine. If they returned
there is hope of rescuing them alive, bit if
they continued toward the foot OF thu
shaft they were undoubtedly killed. Tho
cave-in covers five or tix acres.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
AN EARTHQUAKE IN OHIO.
People Living Near Akron Badly Fright
ened-A Meteor Adds to the Excite

People Living Near Akron Badly Fright
ened-A Meteor Adds to the Excite
ment.
AKRON o., Sept. lathe people living
in the coal mining regions, embracing four
towns and quite large range OF country,
were awakened at foul o'clock yesterday
morning by low, rumblfng sounds, accom-
panied by shocks OF earthquake SO dis.
tinct that houses were terribly shaken
and articles on mantles were thrown to
the floor. Several years ago the earth
settled several feet without apparent cause
in the region of this mornings shock and
people are now badly frightened, fearing
they win be swallowed up. To make mat
tiers more unpleasant a very large meteor
Saturday morning passed over the shaken
upportion of countr travelling close to the
earth and throwing off heated particles
every few feet. The meteor Illuminated
the country for great distance and is
supposed to have struck the earth near
the eastern part of the city, as the shock
in that locality was distinctly felt imme
aiately after the great ire ball passed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

AN experienced traveller says that in
sleeping car TIE upper berth is cooler
in summer, because there is more air
stirring in the top of the car, and
warmer in winter than the lower berth,
because the warm air rises, and there
are not so many draughts. He might
have added, the New York Sun thinks,
another recommendation. If the berth
breaks kown you fall on top of the
lower-berth fellow every time.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

/ THE railroads require nearly $751;
100000 worth of timber per year for
ties alone-equal to the annual product
of strip of woodland four hundred
feet in width alongside every mile of
track. A the present rate of de-
terioration in forests it is difficult to
see how these ties are to be sup
Piled many years longer. And worse
still, where is the timber to come from
for baseball bats? Connecticut capt.
talists, also, will have to retire from
the woodcn-nutmeg business.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
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Great Loss of Life in Jamaica.

BALTIMORE, Nd, Sept. 1.-THE steamer
Kenelworth, Captain Ackerly arrived at
this port last night from Kingston and
Port Antonio, Jamaica. Captain Ackerly
brings official reports of the great hurri-
cane which swept over Jamaica on August
10. He says that the fruit on the north
and south sides of the island was de-
stroyed, and that many people were
drowned or killed by falling houses. Sew
erai coasting vessels were lost, and a num-
Der OF churches ruined, while many resi-
dences and other buildings were razed to
the ground. When the Kenelworth left
Jamaica the people were dreading another
hurricane, which was predicted by weather
experts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

ERNEST SCHILLNG, the male party to
the unfortunate New York coachman
elopement match, which has turned
out so poorly, thinks he knows when
he has enough of particular line of
experience. He was asked the other
day if he would get divorce and
marry again. mot much" he re-
piled, I'm out of the business. If a
woman came to me with a basket of
gold and sat down upon it and said:.
Take me and the basket, l would say:
Not much | would not marry an
other woman under any condition.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
Gagged and Robbed by Masked Men.

WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Sept. 11.-News has
been received here of a bold and successful
highway robbery by masked men. While
two lumbermen, named Dietz and Gems,
who had sold their effects at Westport,
Pa, for S1,147 on Saturday. were going
along the road three masked men jumped
out OF wood, two covered the men with
revolvers and the other one caught the
horse. Both Dietz and Gems were bound
and gagged and robbed OF their money.
The highwaymen, after taking the wheels
off the buggy and leading the horse two
miles away, made good their escape. The
robbed men were left lying along the
road, and were found in that condition a
day later
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

A PITTSBURGH mechanic thinks he
has invented device which will revo-
lutionize the barb-wire fence business.
The invention is for barking metallic
strips about three-quarters of an inch
wide. The machine cuts barb rang
ing from one-quarter to one-sixteenth
of an inch in thickness. A machine
capable of producing sixty miles of this
barbed metallic strip per day can be built
for $500. Machines for the same pur-
pose now in use, which are practically
owned by monopoly, cost $25, 900
apiece.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

IT is said that John Snyder, residing
in Mile Grove, Ind, who is afflicted
with mysterious disease of the nerves,
has not ceased walking for more than
four hours during the past year. For
a time he was confined in the insane
asylum at Indianapolis. When travel
ing by rail he PAGES constantly in the
aisles of the coaches.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

LAST year the richest American mer-
chant II. b. ClaAin; the richest Amer
lean railroad man, w. H. Vanderbilt,
and the richest American planter, Ed
mond Richardson, died. 1t is notable
that not one of the three died in his
bed. One dropped dead at his desk,
another in his hall and the other in the
ctraot
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

BESIDES the other signs and wonders,
an oil well has been found in Alabama;
the great geyser in the Yellowstone,
silent for years, has begun spouting
again; an artesian we'll in Iowa has
broken loose, and the natural gas in
Pennsylvania shows signs of failing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
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DIR. Peter E. Minor, of Schenec-
tady, n. Y, thinks he has discov ered a
gold mine in Fulton, Schoharie County.
N. Y. He has rocky farm there, and
in looking for building stone he came
upon evidences of gold, which. on ex-
animation, indicated yield of 1854 to
the ton He has filed his claim to the
mine with the Secretary of State. N
7. Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

JENNY LIMBS daughter is coming to
this country to sing. She is not de-
scribed as great singer, but old peo-
pie who heard the enhancing voice of
her mother will listen to her with in
0ulOence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

The earthquake is not necessarily a
slow traveller because it goes under
ground. According to the scientists,
the recent one in this country made a
good record of from twenty to six
ty-hVe miles minute.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

THE first boy that ever sold news
papers on trains now lives in Chicago"
recently said train boy running be-
tween Chicago and Omaha. 81 knew
him quite well. lie is known as
Colonel Harry Ashby, proprietor of
the Metropolitan Hotel He is New
Yorker by birth"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

"ExTRAvAGANT salaries. so far from
tending to make people in responsible
trusts honest" says the Boston Tran
script "have a directly opposite effect,
rs many painful instances of moral
delinquency indicate"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

The last warrant for the payment of
Alabama claims has been signed by
Acting Secretary Fairchild. who re-
Gently affixed his signature to 1,062
documents of this class.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

Every city, village and country
town should be literally supplied with
drinking fountains for animals, and
they should be so constructed that
even the smallest dogs can drink from
them. No gift to a people confers a
greater pleasur3 than fountain, and
that person wao turns aside stream
from the field and gives a watering
through to the ROADSIDE, or provides a
fountain at which man and beast can
drink pure water, is truly a public
benefactor. Troy Times
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

AS THE season nears its close it is
noteworthy that the sea serpentis seen
farther and farther inland. Atlast ac-
counts the beast was up the Hudson
river, and it is only question of time
when he will appear in the Adiron-
dacks
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

"A new and plausible explanation
of the destructive fires occurring in
pine forests is offered. The pine resin
exuding from the trees is often Of lens
shape, and before it thoroughly hard
ems frequently of crystalline clearness.
1t is srmised that while in that con-
dition resin lens may focus the SIMS
rays upon some light twig or resinous
point and SO start blaze that quickly
eats up forest. - Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

A FEW weeks ago the town of Loire,
A. T., contained seven hundred peo-
pie and much valuable property. A
cyclone visited it, and now there is not
the slightest sign left that indicates the
presence of once thriving town.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

AN English physician says that men
shouldn't crop their hair short. HAIR,
he says, is a conductor of electricity
to the brain, and if the brain fails to
get electricity it will soon soften. This
is bad news for bald-headed mon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

William Fay, of Acton, Mass,
three years old, was born with his legs
SO twisted that he could look down on
the soles of his feet. About three
months ago doctor of Lowell took
charge of him, and to-day the lad
walks about as well as any one, with
his little limbs as straight as normally,
although inclosed in iron rigging shat
will be worn until the limbs are strong.
Leading physicians who have watch d
the case pronounce it triumph of
surgery. Journal
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

ALL travellers to Mount Hood this
season say there never was so little
snow on the mountain, the weather
has been so warm.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

THE widow of Paul Hayne, the South
ern poet, is in want. The Washington
Herald suggests subscription for her
throughout the South.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
RECENT measurements show that the
Washington monument has settled four
inches in the last year.

SENATOR EvARTs is improving and
expects soon to be entirely recovered
from the accident he recently met with
in Vermont.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

"A citizen of Santa Maria, CAL, to
win wager. recently carried sack of
wheat weighing one hundred and
seven pounds distance of three miles
without stopping.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

A Philadelphia optician says that
there are more people wearing glasses
in that city than in Boston and New
York combined.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

"A New York professor tattoos
three thousand persons every year.
N. 7. Sual
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

PROFESSIONAL electricians are coming
to the support of the telegraph compa-
MES in their opposition 10 the substitu-
ton of underground conduits for poles
for their wires. The companies declare
that the close proximity of large num-
Der of wires in the same conduit will
cause defects in transmission, and i'm
pairs a service which, as now conducted
on overhead wires, is almost perfect;
and the electricians express the same
opinion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17

EXCELSIOR GEYsER, which burst into
an active eruption few days ago, is the
most terrible water volcano in the world.
In 1881 an eruption took place and
perfect deluge Of soalding water
drenched everything for hundreds Of
yards around. It raised the level of the
river foot and heated its currents for
miles. The eruptions occurred at inter-
walls of fifteen to twenty-days, lasting
about six hours. These commissions
threw column of water two hundred
feet high. In1883 the eruptions ceased.
The basin has diameter of 200 feet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-09-17
NAMES ELECTION.

The Pine Tree State Elects the Republic
an State and Congressional Tic<et-In-
dications Point to a Reduced Majority,
but the Result Exceeds the Expeeta-
tions of the Victors-A Republican Es-
innate.