The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-06-08

two grandchildren near Viroqua, Wis,
and confessed the crime, and soon after
ward was taken from Jail by mob and
hanged to tree
On the Sd a cyclone swept over Washing
ton County, Ark, and partially DESTROYED
the town of Evansville, severely injuring
many people and making majority of the
inhabitants homeless.
CowBoYs took possession of the town Of
Stewart, Col, on the Cd, demolished the
post-ofice and took what they wanted,
BIZ the sinking of a row-boat Prof An
derson, principal of the Spencer high
school at Vincennes, Ind, and Clara and
Lille Hornady were drowned in White
river on the I'd.
ALLEN HURGIs, in jail at Thompson, Ca,
for robbery and incendiarism. was taken
out on the Sd by gang of masked men and
lynched.
REPORTS of the I'd from Illinois, Indiana
and Missouri, crops showed general. i'm
provement in the condition of winter
wheat
THE record of the basel ball clubs in the
National League for the week ended on
the I'd was as follows: Chicago (games
won), %; Boston, %; New York, 10; De-
troit, 10; Philadelphia, Is; Pittsburgh,
IL; Indianapolis, 10; Washington, s. The
American Association clubs stood: Brook
Ign games won), ~; st. Louis, 20; Cincin-
natl, %; Philadelphia, IS; Baltimore, Is;
Cleveland, IL; Kansas City, 8; Louisville,
10. In the Western Association the fol-
lowing was the order: Des Moines (games
won), IA; Omaha, Is; Kansas City, Is;
Milwaukee, II; ST. Paul, IL; st. Louis, ~;
Chicago, q Minneapolis, g.
On the I'd the steamship Etruria arrived
in New York from Queenstown, having
made the trip in five days and twenty-five
hours, the fastest time on record across
the ocean.
JEFFERSON DAVIS celebrated his eightieth
birthday in quiet manner on the Sd at his
home in Beauvoir, Miss.
AT Helena, M. t., fire on the I'd de-
stroyed Zeigler's livery stable, and one
man and twenty seven horses were Gre
mated
HALF of the village of Fairville Mo-, was
destroyed by fire on the 4th.
THE Supreme Court of Missouri on the
4th sentenced Hugh Maxwell, alias Brooks.
the murderer of Preller, in ST. Louis, to
hang July 10.
ON the 4th all but two of the business
houses at Wakenda Mo-, were destroyed
by fire, including the newspaper Office.
HERMANN (Rep.) was elected Congress
man by 1,500 majority in the Oregon cleo
ton on the 4th, and the Republicans would
have from 10 to IA majority on joint ballot
in the Legislature.
EARLY on the morning of the 4th the
Mandine Hotel at Rocldale, Tex, was
burned, and the following persons per.
ished in the flames: Mrs. w. A Brooks,
wife of the proprietor of the hotel, and her
four sons, aged four, six, nine and fifteen
years; j. T. Briscoes, wife and two little
children; Isaac Crown, and Pemberton
Pierce, travelling salesman.
A CYCLONE passed near Hilton, N. c., a
few days ago, extending over a track
twenty-five miles long and five hundred
yards wide. The damage was enormous,
as it swept through a fine farming section
and every thing in it's track was completely
destroyed. No loss OF life was reported
In Wisconsin forest fires were doing
great damage on the 18th. At Thirty Mile
siding the post-office, three houses, thirty
cars, five thousand ties and three thousand
posts have been burned
FROM the West and Southwest crop re-
ports of the 4th showed marked improve
ment in the wheat prospects, and corn
would be an average crop, although a little
late in harvesting.
EDWARD SHEPHERD in quarrel at Pekin,
ILL.,, on the 4th with John Jennings bit off
the latter's nose. Both are under nineteen
years of age.