The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-02-03
THE GREAT NORTHWEST
News Items from Various States
and Territories.
ILLINOIS,.

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ILLINOIS.
The Oderkirk Seminary, at Richview, was
burned the other morning, the occupants
barely escaping with their lives
| Joseph Benda, of Chicago, committed
suicide recently because his sweetheart,
/ Josephine Wenal, would not marry him un-
| til year had elapsed.
| Just before school began at Centralia the
other morning a dog savage1y bit two boys
named Baltzell and East and also attacked
/ a girl before he could be driven off
| statement recently sent to the United
States Senate gives the amount of land
granted to Illinois under swamp-land acts
at 4, 600, 900 acres; amount patented to the
State, 1,453, 600 acres; indemnity paid to
the State, S443,2
/ Lawrence Copeland's general store, at
Joppa. was burned early the otherimorning.
| Loss, $4,000; partially insured.
| William G. Porter, one of the Oldest citi-
zens in the State, died at his home in Litch-
field the other morning, aged one hundred
and five years. He had lived there the
! greater part of his life
! A half-dozen business firms were burned
! out at Monticello few mornings ago. Loss,
| SS, 600; insurance, So, 600.
i In the circuit court at Rock Island the
/ other day the jury convicted Dr. Vinton, a
| leading homeopathic physician, of NAL
practice granting 81, 900 damages to a
lady whose dislocated arm he treated in
! such a way as to make it useless
! Rev. James Robson, the Oldest minister
/, of the Christian church in Illinois, was
buried at Secor recently, aged ninety-one
/ years He had been a. minister for over
tifty-fye years
The'records of the office of the Secretary
of State show that there are more than
eight thousand notaries public in the State
of Illinois.
| Mrs. Simon Gallagher, wife Of promi-
nent miller of Shelbyville, cymmitted
suicide the other evening by hanging Do
nestle trouble was the cause.
| The principal business block of Delavan
was burned few mornings ago Loss,
| So, 600; partially insured.
| The Illinois Miners Protective Associa-
| tion met at Springfield recently The adj
| dress of President Mclaughlin showed that
| the condition of the miners has been much
improved during the last year He recon-
mended a continuance of Joint meetings
/ and the settlement of all difficulties bv
arbitration.
| IOWA.
The Clay County Board of Supervisors
have decided to build jail
| The Farmers Mutual Insurance Com
panies of Iowa at their annual session in
| Cedar Rapids recently elected the following
officers: President, N. Harrington, Denver;
| Vice-President, D. B. Clark, Council, Bluffs:
! Secretary and Treasurer, Alexander Tor
| rance, Mount Vernon; Assistant Secretary,
James Yuill, Cedar Rapids
/ One hundred and nine lneal descendants
Of Grandma Miller, of Buchanan County,
| contributed each q piece for q worsted
quilt, which was presented to the old lady
as gift recently. Each piece had the
name of the donor stitched in it in highly
ornamented style.
| Fred May, an aged German residing near
| CroWnville, hanged himself recently while
| insane His wife had just obtained q
| divorce from him.
| The Iowa Horticultural Society elected
| the following at it's recent meeting in Des
Moines: President, c. G. Patten, of Charles
City; Vice-President, Eugene Secor, Forest
| City; Secretary, George Van Houten Lenox;
Treasurer, H. Strohm, Iowa City; Directors,
f. H. Drumming, N. X Fluke, G. L. Watrous,
r. P. Speer, j. M. Elder.
! The recent trial of Mrs Hemme at
| Waterloo for the murder of her husband
ended by the discharge of the defendant
At a depth Of thirty-fve to forty-eight
feet, while boring wells at various places in
the vicinity OF Madrid, large timbers in a
fair state of preservation have been found.
| I he opinion is that there is large forest
under there. One well, sunk to the depth
of sixty feet, contains ffty-six feet of
water.
| A fire at Abel few days ago destroyed
the Abel House Loss, $780, no insur-
ance
| Mrs Maria Fackerell died at Clinton the
other morning, aged ninety years. She had
| been married siXty-four years, her husband
surviving her.
| i. &. Stebbins restaurateur at Mason City,
| assigned recently with liabilities of 500,
| 600; assets, So, 900.
| John Leonard, brakeman on the Illinois
Central, was run over by the cars at Nashua
the other night and killed His home was
| in Waterloo and he leaves wife and two
| children.
/ AhAo0 AlnuIou loWa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., lOD-
bers, farmers and general shippers We're
represented in the recent shippers conven-
ton at Des Moines. permanent organiza-
ton was effected by the election of Samuel
Mahon, of Ottumwa, President; Frank c.
Let's, OF Marshalltown, Secretary, and j.
| @. Stewart, Treasurer
Judge Kline recently imposed fines ag-
gregating $1,000 ON nine Benton County
saloon-keepers at Vinton.
WISCONSIN.
Governor Rusk has appointed Emil
Raensch county Judge for Manitowoc vice
Carl FL. Schmidt, deceased