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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
MIssISslPPPS RISING TIDE.
The High Water Causing Loss ut L
Crosse-A Freshet at Winona.

The High Water Causing Loss ut La
Crosse-A Freshet at Winona.
LA CROSSE, Wis, April 1z-At 2 o'clock
yesterday afternoon the water stood four
teen feet two inches by the gauge. The
wholesale firms along Front street are NOV
ing their goods from the easements, as the
water threatens TO invade them. Several
lumber-yards are inundated and the
-four mills have been obliged to shut down.
The residents in the eastern portion of
North La Crosse have been obliged to move
out, the water in some cases being halt way
up to the lower window The Black river
is falling and danger to loggers is over
WNoNA, Mimi, April 1.-THE Mississippi
has never been known to be SO high here
in April The water is creeping over
the railroad tracks at the ferry
landing At the west end every
thing is afioat from the Western Indurated
fiber works to Schroth & Aprena's lumber
yard All the houses on West Third street
are in the midst of a broad sea stretching
from Fourth street to the Wisconsin shore.
On the north side of Fourth street
the water is driving the people out and at
8 p N. had crossed Sioux street The lake
is rising and the water is running oveH
Huff street and backing up into the rear
yards Of Mark street The water is still
coming up and few inches more will
prove disastrous.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
LATER.

Roscoe CoNKLING died at his home in the
Hoffman House, New York, at 1: 80 a. m.
on the 18th. He was born in Albany, N
Y, October 80 1928. In 1916 he entered
the law Office of Spencer & Herman in Utica,
in 1S5 was mayor of that city, and in the
same year he was elected a Representative
in the Thirty-sixth Congress, was ret elected
in 1860, 1864 and 1866 He took his seat
in the United States Senate March 4, 1867,
and was reelected twice. In 1881 he re-
signed his seat, retired from politics and
resumed the active practice OF the law. He
leaves wife and one daughter ~ ga
AHEAvY snow-storm prev allied on the / 9TH
in Northern Michigan, and the straits We're
solidly blocked with ice.
JAMES ARBAN and daughter living near
st. Louis, We're killed by Missouri Pacific
engine while driving across the track on
the 18th.
The New York Assembly en- the 18th
passed, by o vote of SO to s, the bill which
substitutes electricity for hanging.
The druggists in Iowa cities on the 18th
resolved not to take out liquor permits I'M
der the new law, and the drug stores will
hereafter be "dry,"
WILLIAM MCKINLEY, Jr., was on the 18th
renominated for Congress by reclamation
at Cleveland by the Republicans of the
Eighteenth district of Ohio, In the FIT.
teenth district General Grosvenor was re-
nominated
The chief clerk of the treasury was ar
rested at Athens, Greece on the 18th for
embezzling 81, 100000 of the public funds.
TWENTY families at Alma Wis, were on
the 18th driven from their homes by high
water. The loss to property was estimated
at 500, 600.
Mrs. MANcEh TALcoTT, of Chicago, who
in the past ten years gave to charitable OBJ
jects 5000, 600, died on the 18th, aged six
ty-eight years.
The barn OF N. ]. Cole, near Hebron, Wis,
was burned on the 18th, and ffty-two head
of cattle persisted in the flames.
ALL the Burlington switchmen in the
yards at Kansas City quit work on the 18th
because the company would not reinstate a
discharged employee.
FIRE on the 18th on two plantations
near Matanzas. Cuba, destroyed 10000
bales of sugar cane
In the Louisiana election on the 18th
Nichols Dem.) was elected Governor by a
large majority, and the Legislature is DEM
ocratic in both branches.
BILLS were passed in the United States
Senate on the Itch for public buildings in
Lansing, Mich. (S1O0, oo0); Burlington. la.
tS75, 900; Saltwater. Mimi. $50, 600; ap-
propTiating $40. 600 for the relief of the
Omaha tribe of Indians in Nebraska, and
thirty-five private pension bills. In the
House bills were reported for the erection
of public buildings at Sioux City, Ia, and
Racine, Wis, and for the location of a
branch Soldiers Home in Grant County,
Ind The debate on the Mills Tariff bill
was commenced Mr.. Mills TEX speaking
in favor of the measure and Me- Kelley (Pa)
against
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
WISCONSIN.

Governor Rusk has appointed DR.. j. T,
Reeve, of Appleton, State Inspector of Il
Illuminating Oils; Andrew E. Elmore, of
Fort Howard, member Of the State Board
OF Supervision; FL W. Nickerson. OF Mil
waukee, commissioner to the Marietta (O.)
centennial, April 7.
The first saw-mili in operation in North
ern Wisconsin this season was that of the
North Wisconsin Lumber Company, at Hay
ward The company has planned to saw
from forty million to forty-fve million feet
this season
Sneak thieves entered the residence of
ID. w. Watt, at GAINESVILLE, the other morn
ing, while the family were at breakfast, and
stole diamonds valued at $3.50
The Layton Art Gallery at Milwaukee,
presented to the city by Mr. Fred Lay ton,
was opened to the public the other day.
MI Layton giving an additional 800, 600
as an endowment fund
Near Augusta few day ago Ernest Lis
sacks little son was scalded to death by
falling into tub Of boiling water.
An Omaha freight train ran into the rear
end Of q stalled passenger tran near Board
man the other morning, and Norwegian
had an arm torn from his body.
The city of Eau Claire recently paid Mrs.
Francis 5000 in settlement of the suit for
20, 600 damages for injuries sustained from
defective walk
Twelve young ladies, novicas of ST Clara
Academy at Slnsinawa Mound, the mother
mouse OF the Domin can order in the West,
took the white vail a few days ago at that
institution
Dad Saarles. well-known Cincinnati
commedian, who was filing an engage
ment at the Palace Theater in Ashland,
died suddenly the other morning of con-
WILSON'S
A misplaced switch threw Northwestern
passenger train off the track at Rpon the
other day, causing long delay to travel
No one was injured
A J. Mcdonnell, county treasurer OF
Chippewa County, died suddenly at Chip
pewa Falls the other day. His death was
caused by excessive drinking.
The Grand Council of Wisconsin ROYAL
Arcanum met S. Waukesha recently. The
order has two thousand members in the
State. Tie amount paid in death benefits
during the year was $40. O00
party of surveyoss are at work near
Madison locating line for the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad Assuran ces
are given that the Midland road will be
built from Madison to Fond du Lac during
the susnmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
THE EAST.

THE New York Assembly ON the 10Th
adopted a resolution providing for submit
ting to the people prohibition amend
ment All the Democrats voted against it.
On the 10Th thirty eight monuments for
Pennsylvania soldiers were located on the
field of Gettysburgh, Pa.
SIXTEEN passengers from Liverpool We're
prohibited from landing at Boston on the
18th under the provisions of the Contract
Labor law
A SHUT powN.on the 18th by the coke
producers of the Connellsxille Pa) region
threw from six to seven Thousand men out
of work Low prices of coke caused the
suspension of work.
NEAR Falmouth, Mass, forest fires had
done much damage on the 18th, and threat
ened destruction to the villages in the
vicinity
On the 18th Judge Gordon, Chief Justice
of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court de-
cided that saloon-keepers were responsible
for the safety of their customers, and that
If a man was injured or insulted by any one
in a saloon, or roughly handled by the bar
tender or proprietor he could recover DAM
ages
A CHANGE for the worse in the condition
of Roscoe Conkling was reported on the
18th from New York, and there was great
anxiety among his friends and the doctors
in attendance {fE F
JOSEPH BIRDS dwelling at Florida, N. Y.
was burned on the 18th, and his wife and
infant child persisted in the flames.
The First National Bank at ST. TOWNSVILLE
N Y, was entered by burglars early on the
morning of the 18th and plundered the
vault of $40, 900 in cash
On the 10th Roscoe Conkling was uncon-
scious all day, The doctors said there was
no change for the worse, but all others
coming from the sick-room. reported that
his strength was falling and that there was
little hope for his recovery.
AN engine and a train collided on the
10th on the elevated tracks of the Penn
sylvania railroad in Philadelphia, and sew
enteen persons were injured, but none IA
tally.
MARRIOTT BRosTUs was nominated for
Congress by the Republicans of the Ninth
district Of Pennsylvania on the 14th.
AT New Haven, Conn, an incendiary fire
on the 10Th destroyed the brewery of
Phillip Fresinius &Sons and several other
buildings Total loss, $4,000.
MANY persons were ON the 18th emigrat-
ing, to the West, owing to the shutdown in
the oil regions in Pennsylvania
IN New York the brewery lock out was in
augurated of the 10th, and five thousand
men were thrown out. of work This action
was taken by the boss brewers to destroy
the boycotts against certain brewers.
The death of Elizabeth Arnold (colored)
occurred on the 10Th at Pittsburgh, Pa, at
the age of Is years.
PRoHBITToN1sTs on the 10Th nominated
WB Brfckell for Congress from the
Twenty-second district of Pennsylvania
and W. A. Holman from the Twenty-third
district
On the 10Th Roscoe Conkling passed a
more comfortable day, and his physicians
and friends were very much encouraged.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
A TEMPERANCE HOME.
Members of the w C. T. U. Workiu,
IL

Members of the w C. 7. U. Working
Hard to Secure Funds to Erect Build
ing to Be Dedicated to the Cause.
CHICAGO, April 16-The Central Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union is doing
its utmost to raise funds for an $500, 900
building that it hopes to erect in Chicago
for National temperance purposes. There is
O lot ON Dearborn street between Jackson
and Quincy that it wants to get tor the
building. 1t can be leased for $50, 900
year. The plans for the building are COM
pleted. It is to be twelve stories high, and
it's tower is to be surmounted with a statue
of the Sistine Madonna. An auditorium
capable of seating 1000 persons will be
located on the ground floor and will be
called Willard Hall, named after Miss
Frances L. Willard 1t is proposed to lay
the cornerstone May L, 1880 Miss Cox,
the private secretary of Mrs Matilda
B. Carse, president of the union, says
that the latter expects to have the $780,
600 in stock subscribed before that time
1t is said that $3.50, 600 has already been
pledged. A number Of Chicago capitalists
are said to have promised to take stock.
Mrs. Carse has been East for the purpose of
securing subscriptions, and Miss Willard
left on a similar mission yesterday.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The glass manufacturers of Pitts
burgh, Pa, have attained great per-
lection. The plate glass equals that
of Belgian glass, while the common
lime-dint press glass surpasses that of
Europe in beauty. Some of the most
beautiful colored glass produced in the
world, rivaling in depth and richness
of coloring as well as in beauty of de-
sign that from the famous works
of Europe, is produced, while the
cut flint, in beauty of design and in
skill of cutting, equals the products
of the best glass houses of the Midlands
of ENGLAND.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The Chinese treaty, which was re-
Gently signed at Washington, prohib-
ITS entrance of Chinese laborers to this
country during a. period of twenty.
years. 1t allows Chinese having fam
lies on this side of thewater, and hay
ing property amounting to 81, 900 or
more, to 60 to China and return to this
county on proving the fact. 50
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
AT LlNcoLN's TOMB.
The Twenty-Third Anniversary of the
Martyred Presidents Death Celebrated
Appropriately at Springfield, Ill

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 16-7The twenty
third anniversary of the death of Abraham
Lincoln was celebrated in this city yester-
day by the Lincoln Memorial League at
the National monument in Oak Ridge
Cemetery. The sarcophagus was appro-
priately decorated The attendance was
quite large and good degree of interest
was manifested. Rev. B. F. Grouse, chap
lain of the league, delivered an address.
Letters and kilograms of regret were re-
ceived from the Governors of various
States, including Governors Marble, of
Maine; Hill, of New York; Foraker, of Ohio;
Gray, of Indiana and Beaver, of Pennsyl-
vania, and from Senators Cullom and Sher-
man, Generals Sherman and Sheridan,
Judge Gresham, Harriet Beecher Stowe
and others.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
THE "DUkE OF BRAZ ORA" DEAD.
Robert Mills, Famous Texas Pioneer,
Crasses thu. Dark River.

GALVESTON, Tex, April IS Robert Mills,
one of the most remarkable of Texas pic
neers, dieA, in this city Saturday morning,
aged 10 Prior to TIE war of the rebellion.
he was perhaps the wealthiest planter in
the South. His slaves and plantations were
valued at $1,000 GEO. He was known
throughout the South as the @Duke of Bra
zoria Presidents Lincoln's proclamation
emancipated /, 900 selected slaves Le.ong-
ing to the deceased, and resulted in his
financial ruin, from which he never entirely
recovered
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

MR. WORTH, the fashionable dress
maker of Paris, recently remarked to
a reporter: 81 find that every coun-
try produces beautiful faces, graceful
figures and lovely dispositions, as well
as their contraries. suppose Rus
sian ladies are the greatest dancers in
the world; Englishwomen are justly
proud of their perfect compilations;
the French lead the world in real
elegance. and the American ladies
impress me by the easy way
in which they wear gorgeous
gowns. Nothing daunts or over
whellns them.''
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The sign "Marc Anthony & Co.."
on Peachtree street, is one which al
ways catches the eye of visitors to the
city. The fact that Marc Anthony is
in the grocery business in Btlanta,, has
been going the rounds of the press
atlanta Constitution.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

WHILE Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rey-
nolds, of Las Vegas, were walking
along one of the streets of Albu-
querqne, N. NJ, recently, a pistol fell
from the formers pocket and, ex-
ploding as it touched the ground, sent
Il bullet through his wife's heart.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

HEIRS of Philip Francis Renault,
who died in Paris about one hundred
and thirty years ago, are getting
ready to enforce their claim to large
quantity of real estate situated partly
in Illinois and partly in Missouri. The
value of the property is estimated at
$40 600 600
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
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a Gift to Mrs. Hancock.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-The house which
was purchased by the friends of General
Hancock for his widow was informally pre-
scented to her Monday by the chairman of
the committee, Mr. S5ilson Hutchins, hand
ing Ter deed in fee simple The house is
a handsome structure, corner of Twenty
first and II street, and hrs. Hancock will
take possession &c once
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The annual loss caused by insects in
the United States is estimated at about
$3.50, 900, 900, that on cotton alone be-
ing $15, 900, 000 The insects increase
with the advance of civilization, on ac-
count, no doubt, of the greater abund-
ance of the food furnished them.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

A MONTANA tramp climbed q tree
the Other day to take his bearings, and
falling, his coat tails were caught by a
limb which kept him hanging there
until he was no more. This will be a
solemn warning to all tramps not to
wear coat tails.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The total figures for all United
States ports of entry. show that for the
eight months ended March l, so, 900
Immigrants arrived from England and
Wales, 2S791 from Ireland II, 66S
from Scotland, Sc, IT'S from Germany,
IL, 425 from Austria and 1855 from
Franco
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

HERE is an obituary notice from the
Melbourne (Australial argus: Bob
Wilson, king of the shearers, has fallen
a victim of Queensland rum. He was
sleeping it off on the railroad line at
Aramac, when an engine passed quiet
ly over his neck and Robert found
rest ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
Cleveland Review. corored Procession.

WASHINGTON, April IL. The twenty-sixth
anniversary of the emancipation of the
slaves in the Dis riot of Columbia was ap-
propriately and enthusiastically celebrated
by the coIored people here yesterday.
There was a long procession with colored
militia, bands, carriages and colored men
in the afternoon, which, as it passed the
Executive Mansion, was reviewed by the
President. At night meetings were held ia
several churches, at which speeches were
delivered by Fred Douglass, w. Fl. II Hart,
Prof I.angstou, Senators Sherman and
Blair and Others.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The finding of natural oil and gas in
Western sections is causing most re-
morkable development and surprising
growth in favorably situated localities.
Manufacturing centers are thus created
and established where such a thing was
previously unthought of For example,
tindlay, o., abundantly blessed with
this cheap and clean fuel and light is
said to have trobled its population in
one year Qrom 5000 to IS, 00O), and is
still rapidly growing. Itpromises to be-
come manufacturing city of rs, 600 or
100, 600 inhabitants in the near future.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The last letter written by Louisa
Alcott, after speaking of the number
less demands upon her, ended with the
words: "Shall ever find time to dieP"
Two days later her question was an
sWered
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

IT is curious fact that while the
annual supply of quinine for The whole
world is about 100000 ounces, the
consumption of this drug in the United
States is more than 500, 900 ounces,
or nearly one-half the entire product.
The price of quinine has been so low
Tor several years that large planta-
tions Of einchona. tree have been up
rooted in Ceylon, and the tea plant, is
substituted Ceylon produces very
large share of all the bark that is
marketed, aud the exports for that
island declined one-third between 1885
and 1887.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
A St Louis hotel-keeper has a cat

that has developed an uncomfortable
appetite for strong drink, his favorite
tipple being rum and milk. He goes
on regular sprees if he can get enough
of the beverage that he likes, and
"cuts up somewhat strangely while
DRINK.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

0. 2. MCMAINs crank from New
Mexico, stood on the front portico of
the Capitol at Washington the other
day and fired five shots from arevolver
at the statue of George Washington.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
]. 4 L.. Il L. Il.

Thomas Baker, living near Welsyilie, o..
We're burned to death on the 18th
Two BOILERS used by the ATmistead IuIn-
Der Company at Palahatchee, Miss, ex-
ploded on the 18th. killing four men.
IN the Ohio Legislature the bill for clos
ing saloons on Sundays and taking from
municipal authorities the power to permit
saloons to be open on that Oar vas passed
on the 18th
JOHN BROTHERS, farmer living near Can
ton, O., was swindled out of So, 900 on the
18th by bunco men.
CHARLES F. TETS, of Akron, O., quar-
relied with his wife over money matters on
the 18th, and then killed her with club,
after which he drowned hiasself
At Springfield, Ill, the twenty third an
niversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln
was observed On the 10Th by exercises at
the cemetery which contains the Lincoln
monument
A TROUBLED conscience caused August
Anderson to kill himself on the 18th in
Shelbyville, Ky, by shooting. He murdered
his wife and two children in Norway eight
years ago.
sWEITE-cAPs in Indiana had on the 18th
become very officious again near New Al
bany, whipping three men almost to death
MAD dogs at Baldwin. Kan, and in the
adjoining territory had on the 18th bitten
many cattle and horses, and two boys and.
one man who were also bitten had died of
hydrophobia.
In the Crows Fork district near Fulton,
Mo-, forest fires had destroyed six miles of
valuable timber on the 18th.
NEAR Fremont. Wis, a boom containing
fifteen million of 1Oos was iad
away by flood on the 10th, and the logs
were scattered over an area Of over two
miles square Fremont was inundated,
the people being obliged to travel about in
boats
THE death of Grandmother Price oc-
CURED at her home at Fillmore, Ind, on the
18th, in the one hundredth year of her age.
BURGLARS entered Phelps College at
Fairbault, Mimi, early on the morning of
the 18th, chloroformed the students and
carried off about So, 900 worth of watches,
jewelry and money.
AT Winona, Mimi, the Mississippi river
was twelve feet above high-water mark on
the 10th and rising rapidly A large part
of the city was under water and very
heavy damage would result
The Legislature of Ohio on the 18th adj
lourned its regular session until January 8,
1889
A FIRE on the 10th at Owensboro, KY, de-
stroyed half a block in the business center
OF the town. Loss, 100000.
WHILE insane on the 10Th D. A. Hoffman,
living near Jackson, Mo-. set his house on
fire, and three of his children persisted in
the flames and himself and three other
children were fatally burned
THE Legislature of Texas convened on the
10th in special session to take action look
ing toward reduction of the $4,000
600 surplus in the treasury.
In the Seventh Congressional district of
Georgia the Republicans on the 10th nomi-
mated Major q B. Hargrove, of Rome, for
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

AN ex-pugilist has become member
of the bar in Connecticut. 1t is pre-
dicted that he will use knock-down ar.
guments and become highly successful
as an eXpounder of the law.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

The United States took about forty
per cent of last years fish product of
Cana;la, making total Of $2,717,0 900
in value.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
These are the matrimonial ex-

These are the matrimonial ex-
periences of the daughter of a Paris
ian wine dealer: 1. Married singer.
2. He ran off with an actress. 8.
Divorced. 4 Married an. ex-piest.
5. She eloped. 6. Divorced. Z. Mar.
ried a mayors son, the officiating
magistrate being her second husband,
who showed 70 ill-feeling, and joined
in the subsequent festivities, after de-
livering touching exhortatlon to the
happy couple.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
Students Rnhhed.

FAR1BAULT. Mimi, April 17-Sunday
night burglars entered Phelps College,
chloroformed the students, and carried off
about $3, 900 worth of watches, jewelry
and money. The robbers secured twenty
three watches
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20

EDWIN FIRTH, of Troy, N. Y, has
patented a machine which he claims
will make six hundred horse-shoes a
minute.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-20
AN EXPRESS TRAIN DITcHEo.
Many People Injured in Collision ON the
Pennsylvania Road.

PHILADELPHIA, April 16-While the New
York and Washington express, south
bound, was passing over the elevated road
of tile Pennsylvania railroad shortly be-
fore $50 Sunday morning it collided
with heavy passenger locomotive at
Thirtieth street The express train con-
sisted of ba ggage-car and ten coaches, in
Guiding two vestibule cars Four cars were
badly smashed and toppled over on their
sides No one was killed, but eighteen per-
cons were badly hurt