The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-05-25

destroyed seven business blocks, at total
loss of s250,003
THE Prohibitionists in the Eighth In
diana district on the 18th nominated J. J
L. Myers for Congress.
JOSEPH r. ANDERSON, of Bristol, Tenn,
died on the 18th He was nominated for
Governor by the Prohibitionists few days
ago.
On the 18th a hail-storm passed over
Pratt, Kan, destroying fruit and killing
cattle over an area of many miles.
A GAS explosion on the 18th wrecked the
First National Bank building at st. Cloud,
Mimi, the front being hurled across the
street and SCATTERING buildings on the OPP
posite side.
WILLIAM LLEWELLYN's house at Clere-
land, O., was destroyed by fire on the 18Th,
and their three young children and Mrs.
Lewis, the mother of Mrs. Llewellyn, per-
ished in the flames.
A wIND-sToRM swept over the mining
town of Aurora, Mo, a few days ago, leav-
ing hundreds of people without shelter. A
great deal Of stock in the surrounding
country was killed by falling buildings
On the 10Th Rev. Richard Breeder and
his Wife were fatally injured by Chicago
& Rock Island train near Waterloo, Ia.
A. M. FORBES barn in Chicago was de-
stroyed by fire On the Goth, and seventy
horses persisted in the flames Two years
ago barn in the same spot was burned
and over sixty horses were smothered.
EDWARD WILMAN, ivingnear st. Charles,
Mich, on the Goth fatally shot his wife be-
cause she joined church in opposition to
his wishes, and then shot himself through
the heart
In ST. Louis the law closing the liquor
saloons on Sunday was generally obeyed
on the Goth, and it was the first "dry !"
Sunday that tbs city ever experienced.
A QUINoY Qll.) dispatch of the Goth says
that the mighty flood in the Mississippi val
ley, which would be remembered as without
precedent in the destruction and suffering
| created, was slowly abating. Hundreds
of families were homeless and thousands
of acres of growing crops ruined, to say
nothing of the loss entailed by demoI-
ished dwellings, wrecked fences and wash
outs. The total loss was estimated at
81, 100000.
JUDGE SPEER decided IN the United States
District Court at Macon, Ca, on tho 10Th
that when a dishonest postal clerk opened
a decoy letter he broke no law and was rot
amenable to punishment.
WHILE Offering prayer on the 18th at the
opening of the German Baptist conference
at North Manchester, Ind, Elder Quinter,
a prominent clergyman of Huntington,
Pa, was struck dead with apoplexy. He
was seventy-two years of age, and entered
the ministry at the age of twenty years.
/ Two DWELLINGS and two large stables
were set on fire at Anderson, N. c., ON the
21st, in deliberate attempt to burn the
town.
FROM nearly every county in Indiana re-
ports of the Dist showed that the condition
of crops was much below the average.
w. L. BANCROFT, Of Port Huron, Mich,
was appointed general superintendent Of
the railway mail service on the 21st vice
t. E. Nash, resigned.
Four boys attempted on the 21st in Gin
cinnati to break open a sealed package
which they had found, when it exploded,
fatally injuring three of them.
From many points in the Northwest
reports on the 2lst showed that the late cold
rains and light frosts had done much dam
age to growing crops.
SAMUEL MOORE was drowned in the In
dian Grove levee district by the floods on
the 21st and two children of William John
son in the Sny district met the same fate.
On the 21st Francis T. Nichols was in
augurated Governor of Louisiana at Baton
| Rouge.