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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
LATER.

By an unprecedented rise in the river
Augusta, Ca, was on the 18th experiencing
the worst flood ever known there. The wa
ter in the streets was over. FIVE feet deep,
and all business was suspended, boats be-
ing the only means OF navigation, The
loss would reach 81, 000,0 600 sss "a i 4 "a :
The President on the 18th nominated
Lambert Tree to be Minister, to Russia.
ADvIeEs of the t1th say that the rivers
Xenit Guadelfso and Granada in Spain
had overlooked their banks and destroyed
many villages, driving the inhabitants to
the mountains for refuge. Great loss Of
life was reported +
In threshing- machine explosion on the
18th at Ciron, France, eight persons were
killed and five others were injured. 2s#
GENERAL HARRIsoN's letter accepting,
the Republican nomination for the Presi.
dency, was made public on the 18th.
/, The official yellow fever bulletin for the
twenty-tour hours ended on the 18th showed
the following situation in Jack sonville,,
Fla. \ New cases, As; deaths, IL Total
cases to date, 6S4; total deaths, SO AT
McCienny IS cases were reported and Z
deaths. 49,.
In several Virginia counties wind and
rain-storm on the 18th did great damage to
the corn, cotton and peanut crop.
New YORK IVES on the 18th flooded with
counterfeit five dollar and one dollar silver
certificates. The quantity of these bills
circulated led to the belief that an expert
gang Of counterfeiters were at work.
REPORTS of the 18th from Mississippi.
stated that owing to excessive wet weather
the cotton was rotting in the fields. and
the crop was likely to prove failure.
CAPTAIN ANDREWS. who was trying to
cross the Atlantic in the Dark Secret, d
twelve-foot dory, abandoned his boat in
mid-ocean. and arrived in New York on
the 18th in the Norwegian bark Nora.
TEN men were killed and five others were
seriously injured on the Eth near Helena,
NJ T., by the premature explosion of q
blast in the Wickes tunnel. of the Montana
Central railway.
The amount of the embezzlement of
Joseph Breed, the suicided assistant cash.
Ter Of the Hartford Conn. National Bank,
was on the 18th found to be sos, 500. He
lost the money in private stock operations.
The parade Of the Grand Army of the
Republic, whose annual National encamp-
ment opened at Columbus, o., on the 18th,
was one of the most imposing in the his
tory Of the organization.
FIaE broke out on the 18th ID the coal
bunkers of the steamship Pembroke Castle,
playing between Southampton and Cape
Town, and ten coolies were smothered to
death by coal gas.
On the 18th the United States SEN
ate passed the Fourth of July .
Claims bill-a bill Intended to reimburse
those who suffered damage in small
amounts during the war. The Chinese Ex-
clusion bill was further considered. The
bill declaring trusts unlawful was report
ed. In the House the Sundry Civil Appro-
priation bill occupied the time.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Milwaukee, .440, Sioux City, 400; Chicago.
800; Davenport, .2S9.

Milwaukee, .440; Sioux City, 400; Chicago
$50; Davenport, .2S9
In San Francisco on the 9th fire de-
srroyed property valued at 81, 25O, 900. The
burned district embraced five blocks.
In st. Louis on the 9th four men COM
mitted suicide from various causes.
JOSEPH ROBERTS,, confidential clerk Of
Taafe a. Gray, st. Louis real-estate deal
ers absconded on the sth with $4,000 of
the firms money.
burned over ranges fer an area of sixty
five miles, and the fire had assumed such
dimensions as to battle all attempts to keep
it under control
A FREIGHT train dashed into the John
Robinson circus train at Corwin, o., on
the 9th, and four of the circus men were
killed and eighteen wounded, two fatally.
On the 10th Lolita the actress, pur-
chased the Grand Opera House atSt. Paul
Mimi, paying therefor $780, 600
On the 10th Edward Chamberlain. apris.
oner in the White County end. jail await
ing trial for murder. had tasted for nine
teen days.
On the 10th the twenty-second annual
encampment of the Grand Army Of the
y.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 10th. T. B. Bullane by
Fifth Missouri district Republicans; James
R. Chalmers by Second Mississippi dis
trict Republicans; Charles E. Hooker by
Seventh Mississippi district Democrats
(renominated) W. E. Mason by Third I'LL.
nois district Republicans (renominated).
AFREIGHT train near Wadsworth, o., on
the 10th dashed into the rear of passen
ger train carrying veterans and others tc
the Columbus. encampment, and the
wrecked cars rolled down an embankment
Four men were killed instantly; two
young women who were injure had since
died, and twenty other persons were badly
wounded. Il
PARTS of Augusta, Ca, were submerged
by water on the 10TH and the river was at
the highest point ever recorded and still
rising. s sss sBs
The larger portion Of the town Of Dalles,
Col, was burned on the 10th. s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
A Fatal Shot.

Alphonso Wilbur, a prominent business
man of Eau Claire, was fatally shot the
other day in the apartments of his mis-
tress Hattie Manning. The ball broke his
upper jaw, went through the roof of his
mouth, and lodged. He had wife and
five children in Eau Claire. The woman,
who was in jail, claimed he shot himself in
a fit of jealousy. Wilbur refused to make
anV Abatement =.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
MIS-. JENNIE RoRINIsoN

MRs. JENNIE Robinson, wife of
William Robinson, wagon-maker of
Gasport, N NJ, lost tho sight of AM
eye recently, and the sight of the other|
was affected. She had the best medi-s
cal aid, but without success, \Hsf
blindness dates from October,-, 1887,
and came On suddenly She awoke
the other morning and found every
thing was bright and plain before her.
The sight of both eyes had been mys-
teriously restored. es
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Terrific Hurricane.

KEY WEsT, Fla.r Sept u.--Reports COM
ing from cities along the north sidaof Cuba
show that the storm passed there, doing
greater damage than here. At Batabano,
forty miles from here, the Spanish gun
boat Lee Altad, fifteen men all told, broke
anchor and sunk. All hands were lost.
Forty three bodies have been washed on
the beach at that place. The storm at
Csrdenas was frlghtful. Even. the stone
buildings were demolished The river
peopls mad to fee for their lives The
steamer Enrique, tied up at the wharf, also
sank. The total loss in Cardenas is over
s., 600 600. The loss Of life can not be
computed, but it will be large.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
omcers Of Good remnIars.

The Wisconsin Grand Lodge of Good
Templars at its recent session in Madison
elected the following officers for the en-
suing year: Chief Templar, E. W. Chain,
of Waukesha; Counselor, L. F. Cole, of La
Crosse; Vice Templar, Emma Brown, of
Fort Atkinson; Superintendent of Juven-
lie Temples, Attic A. Reed, of Prescott,
Secretary, B. F. Parker, Meuston; Treasur-
er, Mrs. L. w. Parker, of Mansion; Chap
lain, Rev. John Schneider, Edgertou The
official reports showed 4l0 lodges in the
State, a gain of thirty one in the past year;
that the membership had increased from
1888 to Is, 40; that the receipts were S9,-
200 and expenditures S7,7S2. !, -.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

ALFRED G. HOBBS, of Hartford.
Conn, Is now seventy-six years of age.
He is the man who succeeded in pick
ing every lock placed before him at
the Crystal Palace in London in 1851,
and 81, 600 offered by an English firm
to any one who could pick the lock
thoy manufactured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

The Lighthouse Board at WASH
ington has recommended to the Secre-
tary of the Treasury, as in every re-
spect worthy of the gold medals
awarded by the Government for hero
ism in saving human lives, Mary
Whiteley, the sister-in-law of the
keeper, and Maud King, aged thirteen
years, granddaughter OF. the Captain
of the light-h6use'at Point Pinckney,
5. c. At the risk Of their lives on
Augustt2l; they went out in boat in a
heavy gale and rescued three men and
a boy whose boat had been capsized.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
FOREIGN .INTELLIGENCE,

On the 9th the houses formerly occupied
by evicted tenants on the CIanricarde
estates in Ireland were torn down by the
landlords orders. Some Of the houses
were owned by the tenants. a.
ApvIcEs of the 9th say that in the recent
cyclone in Cuba fifty persons lost their
lives at Sagua, while, the damage done to
dwellings and warehouses in the city was
great. The village of Pueblo Nuevo, in the
neighborhood of Sagua, was literally wiped
out.
On the 9th twelve hundred men en-
ployed in the cotton-mills at Bolton, Eng,
went on a strike against a new system OF
weighing cotton, aft ST
A REGULAR slave traffic was on the 9th
being carried on between the islands Of
Pemba and Madagascar by vessels carry
ing the French flag. Assss
The Customs Department Of the Cana
dian Government decided on the 18th to en-
force fine of s400 against the American
schooner Gladiator, seized while towing in
Canadian waters. ys sgtg}f u,
In the City of Mexico an earthquake
shock occurred on the 7th but no damage
was done. -
IT was shown on the Sth that for the ifs.
~
in the treasury Of the Dominion of Canada.
FLooDs in the south Of Spain had on the
9th caused the loss of many lives and done
enormous damage to property.
DISPATCHES Of the Sth say that during
storms many vessels of the French fishing
fleet were destroyed on the south coast OF
Iceland and fully one hundred fishermen
lost their lives.
tho fho 70,
Hotel at Richmond, London eng.
suburb, was partly destroyed by fire. The
loss was very heavy.
On the 9Th the fourth of a series of muir.
iders occurred. in London. In every case
the victim has been woman, whom the as
sassin has waylaid at night and butchered
in a most fendish manner. M
BETWEEN Vera Cruz and the City OF
Mexico railroad traffic was suspended or
the 10th on account Of the falling of. the
Mettac bridge, and in other parts Of Mex.
leo swollen rivers and creeks had forced q
suspension of traffic Houses had been
thrown down at Orizaba and several lives
had been lost
THERE:w were two earthquake shocks at
Vostizza. on the Corinthian gulf, Jon the
10th. Nearly every building in. the place
was more or less damaged, many houses
were in ruins and several persons were
killed.
DURING the recent hurricane in Cuba a
Government boat with all on board was
lost. At Isabel de sSagua forty-three bod.
les had been picked up on the beach, and
at Cardennes wharves and vessels were
destroyed and the city Inundated, entail.
ing property loss of 81, 100000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
AJewelry Salesman robbed.

FL. Bernhart, travelling salesman for o.
L. Rosenkrans q Thatcher Company, of
Milwaukee, had his stock trunk stolen
from the depot steps at Eagle river few
dayssago. He offered a reward for its re-
covery, when the parties who were sup
posed to have stolen it returned it and de-
manded the reward. They were at once
arrested, and one of them confessed. The
trunk contained diamonds and jewelry
valued at Sc, O91
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

Miss FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is now
confirmed invalid, and is patient at
st. Thomas Hospital, London. Her
services during the Crimean war in
Jured her, spine, and she has never re-
covered from the effects thereof. This
Industrious philanthropist is nearly
eiXtY-nine years old.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Government Depositeries.

IS The following are the National banks in
Wisconsin that are Government deposl-
tories and the amount of United States
funds in. each: First National Bank of
Milwaukee, S14S, 900; National Bank of
Milwaukee, s274, 900; First National Bank
of Madison $4,000; National Bank of
Ashland, s45, 600, National Bank of Osh-
kosh, $45, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
A Big saw-MiIl for Ashland.

Messrs. Wright & Ketchum, of East
Saginaw, Mich, have decided to erect one
of the largest saw-mills in the State at
Ashland, to be in operation early next
season. They will also own large
logging railroad to supply them with timber
from their own land. The establishment
will employ over eight hundred men.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

THOMAS McNAuGHT, S. S. c., hon.
orary colonial secretary of the Scottish
Home u!e Association, has arrived in
New York from Edinburgh. He is on
tour through the States and the Do
minion of Canada for the purpose Of
organizing committees among his coun-
trymen resident on this side OF the
water, to obtain assistance in the
political warfare Scotchmen are fight
ing to regain their ancient right of
making their oASn. laws and expanding
their own money. He wants to raise
Parliamentary fund of 100000 for
that purpose. IS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

GEORGE w. CHnDs, the rhiladel-
phia editor, keeps three houses al
ways i'm readiness for occupancy. He
can sleep, therefore, in Philadelphia,
at Long Branch, or at Bryn Mawr, and
still be at home just as the fancy seizes
Ii,,,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
FROM WASHINCToN,


THE Commissioner of Education reported
on the 7th that eight million children daily
attended the public schools of the coun-
try during the past year.
THERE were 1914 business failures in the
United States during the seven days end
ed on the 18th, against 1856 the previous
seven days.
The exchanges at twenty-slx leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing, the week ended on the Sth aggregated
O65D, lab, against 1906, SIS, l49 the pre-
ivious week AS compared with the CORE
spending week Of 1887 the decrease amount
ed to TO- per cent.
Mr.. CLEvELAND's letter accepting the
Democratic nomination for President was
made public on the 10th. He heartily in.
dorsed the NationaEs Democratic platform
and discussed campaign issues. ~ aS
THE report of the Department Of Agri-
culture for September / makes the aver
age condition of corn 92.2: wheat, 773;
oats, S7.2; rye, 9ss; barley, $50; buck
wheat 93.7 potatoes, 91.6 and tobacco, 81.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Cost of slhte Institutions.

The approximate cost of maintenance at
the various Stats institutions for the
month of August Is reported by the State
Board of Supervision as follows: State
Hospital for Insane, $1,000; Northern
Hospital 81, 800; School for Deaf, S., 200;
School for Blind, 81, 700; Industrial School
for Boys, $500; State Prison, $4,000;
State Public School, So, 800.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

The original Mary of MARY Had a
Little Lalnb" is Mrs. Mary E. Tyler.
living at Somerville, Mass, aged
eighty-two years. The scene of the
incident was in a school-house in Ster-
ling, not far from Worcester. The
lamb was a founding, and is said to
have figured in the little serio-comic
drama as alleged in the poem. 1t hid
under Marys seat, but suffered expul-
zion, an act recorded in these moving
words: And so the teacher turned it
out. . The POEMS author was John
Eoulstone. Two yerse s TO The original
three were added by a Mrs. Townsend.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Saved After a struggle.

At the town of Frankysville son Of
Rev. Mr.. Evans accidentally set fire to
fourteen stacks of grain recently, and
ten thousand bushels were destroyed Two
hundred and fifty farmers turned out, and
after working seven hours hauling water
with teams subdued the flames, saving the
village from being wiped out of existence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

HANSON CRAIG, of Kentucky, is
probably the largest man in the world,
Ills weight is given at 1872 pounds. and
1T requires 81 yards of cloth to make
him suit. He is 6 feet A. inches in
height, is 81 years old, and weighed II
pounds at birth.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Big Fire at Lancaster.

). a recent fire at Lancaster destroyed the
business place of Wiley & Needham, the
jewelry store of John I'll. Baldwin, Stone &
Hassell's drug store, John Simisons har-
ness shop, John Jeide's tailor shop, E. E.
McCoy's general store, Burgess saloon,
the Grant County Herald Office and 81. Ress-
meyer harness shop. Total loss, $4,000;
insurance, S25 000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
PASSED THE HOUSE.
The Retaliation Bill Goes Through wit
Only Four Votes Against It,.

Ino ttoCaliaUIOn Dill 0OeS Through Will
Only Four Votes Against It,.
WASHINGTON, Sept 10.-At $50 p. m.
on Saturday the Retaliation bill was
brought to vote IN the House, the result
being its adoption by vote of ia to A. The
negative votes were cast by Messrs.
Bayne (Pa.), Dalzell (Pa) Lind (Minn.ss
and White IN. W.
Speeches were made on the bill By
Messrs. White IN. Y Wilson (Minn,) :,
Bayne and Dalzell (Pa.), McAdoo IN. J. J,
McMillen (Tenn.), Farquhar and Seney
(O.), Henderson Qa.) and Caruth (Ky.).
Mr.. Cochran IN. " delivered lengthy
and eloquent address in which he bitterly
assailed Republican members for attacks
made upon President Cleveland.
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:
committee gathered
to meet him. 1t was
1920 b efore tn Q
train arrived. 1t
was impossible to
run the trains closer
to High street and
the COMMANDMENTS
Chief was welcomed
at the depot. There
were present of the
General c o u n: c i l
G h al r m an Colonel
Patton, Vice-Chair-
man c. d. Fire.
II ~ nr-.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
NORM onism Being Rapldly Stamped Out

JAMESTOWN, o., Sept. 10-At the session
of the Cincinnati conference DR. Tiff,
superintendent of the Utah mission, said
that, Notwithstanding all contrary reports,
the Governments policy is having a no
tlceable effect on Mormonism. The old
generation is being driven out, and the
new one is more American. He says
continuation of the present policy will re
suit in complete humiliation of the evil
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Big Fire. at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Sept. 10.-,Fire broke OUT
IN the sash and door factory of Day, HUI.
Der & Croker, on Main street, and before
it could be controlled had destroyed nearly
three blocks of buildings, causing loss
and throwing 1000 men out Of work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
A Homeless Task.

SIOUX FALLS, D. T., Sept. 10 "A private
letter from Rev WI Cleveland, Of the
Sioux Commission, says: There is little
or no prospect of success as things are
now. We nave so far twenty five at
Standing Rex and III at Grow Creek, and
are just opening fire at Lower Brule
with hopes of securing at least half the
voters
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

PENNSYLVANIA has some girls worth
having. In the haying season a gem
1emen, during short drive, counted
nine young women driving two-horse
mowers and seventeen managing
hOrse-rakes. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
While a wedding party was waitin

WHILE q wedding party was waiting
recently for a squire to perform the
ceremony at Alpharetta, Ga, the
groom excused himself and fed. The
bride proposed to the groomsman on
the spot and they were married within
an hour.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

BERNARD BExRoTH, who was SOL
der under Napoleon in his campaign
IN Russia and who participated in the
disastrous retreat from Moscow, died
few days ago at Lancaster, Pa.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
Havitt Wants the Liberals to Show Their
!. .s.f. - Hands. D.

DUBLIN, Sept. 10 Michael Davitt, in a
speech at Knockaroo, said that the cry of
"Gloria Gladstone in Excelsis," had gone
too far. While the Liberals remained
needless of the atrocities attending evic-
tions there could be placed no faith in the
boasted alliance Of the Liberals and Ma
tionalists, which had proved to. be a
handcuff instead of q shield. !. Unless the
Liberals did something to insure conf
dence the Irish would be compelled to
adopt unconstitutional methods in. dealing
with the licensed agents of cruelty. They
must rally their forces instantly through
out the world and defend their homes. !,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

The total cost OF the foreign mail
service of the United States last year
was $49O,067 The number of pieces
OF mail sent to foreign countries aggre-
gated SO, 226. 934
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

MRS. BROMLEY, of Middletown, N.
T., has lived in her own house in good
health for twelve years without going
Out or seeing anybody but her hus-
band.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

1T is said that pittsburgh Phil.n
the plunger, who won nearly one
million dollars on the race-tracks last
year, has lost it all and is broken down
mentally.
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Frost Does Great Damage.

PORTLAND. Ore, Sept 10 -'rhe damage
to The sweet corn crops by the heavy frost
OF Thursday night is sweeping. In many
parts of the State it is entirely destroyed
while in others i. will be reduced one-han.
The loss is estimated at over 81 100000
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14
SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKES.
Many Buildings at vostjzza, Greece, In
Ruins-Two bodies. Recoyered.

MANY BuIIdfngs at VOStIZza, Oreece, IN
Ruins-Two Bodies. Recovered.
ATHENS, Sept. 1l.-Later news of the
earthquake at Vostizza, on the Corinthian
gulf, shows that every building in the
place had been damaged and many of them
entirely destroyed. ). Two corpses have
been found, and it is expected that other
bodies will be discovered when the debris
is cleared away as many persons are miss
ing. Most of them, however, have doubt
less fed through fright. A'large number
of persons have been injured, some. of
them seriously. Every village for miles
around has suffered more or less, but no
details have been received
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-09-14

DWIGHT l.. MooDY, the evangelist.
Is said to be much opposed to having
his photograph taken. He sat to a
photographer only once.