The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13


fences and timber swept away.
Oh the 9th the banks of the river at Rock
Falls. Ia, overfowsd and carried away a
mill dam. barn and three houses
THE Legislature of Ohio on the 9th passed
a law creating a State Board of Pardons,
which is TO be appointed by the Governor
On the evening of the 9th the founding of
the Grand Army of the Republic on April
6, 1866, was celebrated at Decatur, I'll, by
reunion of Decatur Post, No. /, the first
post instituted
IN Chicago on the evening of the 9th Rt
Rev. Bishop Ireland, of ST Paul. addressed
a large audience at Central Music Hall, his
subject being 6 The Saloon" which he said
was the evil of the century and the curse of
mankind The Bishop said the remedy was
to be found in law, a restrictive license and
religious instruction.
DYNAMITE explosion killed four men on
the 9Th at Miller's Station, Ind.
In the Cedar river at Waverly, Ia. a
flood had on the 9Th submerged one-half of
the city, causing great damage
The new municipal board of Mount Car
roll, ILL.,, has decided to grant no liquor
license in that town for one year.
ON the 9TH the centennial anniversary of
the settlement of Marietta, o., by General
Rufus Putnam and other pioneers was ce1e-
brated Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,,
was the orator OF the day, and Govern Or
Foraker made the speech of welcome
In Minnesota swollen rivers and streams
had ON the Sth caused the greatest food
known there in seven years. Every creek
had become raging torrent and thou
sands of acres of land were overhowed,
cattle had been drowned, bridges washed
away, and railway traffic was suspended
in every direction. Many persons had been
compelled to fee from their homes for
safety.
A FIRE destroyed the principal business
block at Cherokee, Kan, on the 9TH. Loss,
800
In Union and Livingston counties Ky,
a tornado on the 18th wrecked many build
ings, swept away large forests and killed
one man
On the 9TH the troubles on the Burlng-
ton road in Chicago were again declared at
an end, the recent disturbance not being
strike but simply Discrimination to work
on the part of q few yardmasters
AT Cherokee, La, an epidemic of measles
prevailed on the 9TH, where there were
over five hundred cases, and several deaths
had occurred
A GORGE gave way in the river near judi
son, Mimi, on the 9th, drowning four men
and flooding the surrounding country
The failure of J. d. Allen & Bros, large
land and cattle owners at Hartland, Kan,
occurred on the 9th for 100000
NEAR Galconada, Ind, boys ON the 9th
drove away with stones a couple of Nor
mon missionaries seeking converts.
AT Leavenworth, Kan, a large flow of
petroleum was struck on the 9th at depth
of 1906 feet
OPERATIONS were commenced on the 9th
in the new copper rolling mills at Dollar
Bay, Mich, the largest in the world.
The discovery of vast fields of black sand,
rich in gold about two hundred miles
northwest of Sitka, had caused unwonted
excitement among the miners of Alaska on
the 9th, and numerous parties had started
for the scene.
FIRE destroyed the State Normal School
building at Terre Haute, Ind, on the 9th.
At the time eight hundred pupils were in
the building, but all escaped Loss, $780,
600; uninsured.
On the 9th George Burla, thirteen years
old. son of well-known citizen of Jeffer-
sonviile, Ind, hanged himself rather than
attend school.
NEARLY the entire business portion of
Tavares in Southern Florida, an i'm portant
railroad center, was wiped out by fire on
the 9th.