The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-01-27
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Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS.
Forty or more members of the Evening
Star Club" OF Paxton, were indicted by
the United States Grand Jury at Springfield
| a few days ago for sailing liquor withon. a
Government license.
William Deatharge, aged one hundred
years, died at his home in Morgan County
the other day. He was an early settler and
the Oldest man in that region.
Thomas Houston, an old citizen of
Logan County, was drowned the other
night in Sugar creek at Lincoln.
William Johnson Rockford grocer, was
given small fine the other day for slap
ping a customer. Mrs. Lizzie Ganoung
Syl Bassett, of Shelbyville who murdered
his brother Albert, was recently sentenced
to eighteen years in the penitentiary.
Thomas Hetty, a pioneer, who about 1871
was engaged in the wagon business in Chi
cago and who boosted of having killed
game within short distance of where
Cook County courthouse now stands died
the other night at Freeport, aged ninety
two years
A high grade of iron ore has been discpv-
cred in the EmbarTas river hills, two miles
east OF Charleston, and a company is being
formed to market it
Two miners at work in cool mine near
Paramount were crushed to death recently
by a mass of slate falling upon them.
R. N. Dodd's drug store and s. W. Hickoxs
grocery store at Springfield were burned a
few days ago. Loss, $50, 900.
A semi-annual dividend of GIG per cent
payable March l, has been declared by the
Illinois Central Road.
The twenty years passionate of DR.. Good
win at the First Congregational Church in
Chicago was celebrated the other night by
sociable and reunion.
DR.. F. W. Phillips, superintendent of the
Illinois Institution for the Blind, died at
Jacksonville few afternoons ago.
Governor Oglesby has pardoned Charles
F. Huston two-year man, because he had
his arm crushed in an accident at the peni-
Tertiary.
The village of Maroa was visited by de-
structive fire the other morning, which
swept away $25, 900 worth of property.
Rockford boasts the only woman station
western Railway Company has appointed
Mrs A. B. Whitmeyer to fill that position,
made vacant by the death of her husband.
IOWA.
The long extended drought is developing
the geology of the State rapidly in the null
tiplied sinking Of deep wells Near Madrid,
in Boone County, several wells have been
1u 6uC G1,6 OF Of irtxy
to fifty feet the trunks of large trees have
been found in good preservation, indicat-
ing submerged forest.
Martin & Mcclure, dealers in wholesale
cigars at Marshalltown, were closed the
other morning ON mortgages for So, 600
Estimated liabilities 5000.
Governor Larrabee has reappointed W. L.
Alexander as Adjutant- General
Dwight L. Moody and Major Whittle will
make an evangelical campaign in Burling-
ton.
T. J. Jones and c. s. Porter, medical
students at Des Moines, We're recently sem
fenced to six months each in the peniten-
tiary for robbing grave
The men who have been charged with
completely in the Haddock murder at
Sioux City are already scattering to differ
ent parts of the country. Koschnikki, or
Bismarck" has gone with his family to San
Francisco, whence he was brought by Chief
Nelson. Harry Sherman has disappeared,
and John Arensdorf, the principal, has gone
to Milwaukee, where he has chance to
take charge of a brewery Of the orig nal
ten indicted only three are in Sioux City.
1t is said that John Arensdorf will return
to Sioux City as the agent of the Philip
Best Brewing Company.
Superintendent Wilcox has perfected ar
rangements for the North Iowa oratorical
contest, to be held at Mason City in March.
Henry Schmidt, who murdered Miss Peek,
was hanged at West Union the other day.
In his speech from the scaffold the con-
| demned man said that Ellison I. Smith in
stigated the crime, and had also offered
him $500 to kill Abram Leonard
A fire few nights ago burned out the
Martin & Schulein building at Sioux City,
leaving nothing but the walls standing.
Loss, $4,000.
Frank F. THU, book-keeper for the King
Iron Bridge Company at Des Moines, was
recently indicted for embezzlement and
forgery. He confessed to having rob0ed
his employers of $4,000.
Many of the farmers throughout Iowa are
heavy losers from peculiarly fatal disease
among their cattle In some instances en-
tire herds numbering as high as twenty
have died within few hours
In the recent blizzard in this State the
! two sons of Byron Cleveland of Manchester,
were frozen to death, and John Olney met
| a like fate at Marathon
A collision on the Rock Island railroad
| occurred few DAYS ago near Ottumw0 he
| tween passenger and freight train, re-
sulting IN the deaths of three persons and
the manning of four others. Arthur E.
French, the station telegraph operator, had
been held in So, 900 bonds for causing the
disaster through negligence.
WISCONSIN.
A fire at Attoon a few days ago de-
stroyed the skating rink and two business
| buildings Loss, 81. 600
| Waskeshaw County has set aside ST, 500
for the care of INDECENT soldiers and their
| families
The State Supreme Court has reversed the
decision of the superior court of Mlwau-
kee and ordered Judgment for $1S1, GAO 50
and interest at z per cent since July II,
| 1883. to be entered against Peter Nc
Geoch in favor of Daniel Wells, McGeoch's
partner in the disastrous lard corner of
June, 1883.
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