The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-07-28

O412dANlS COuCGIutL LII tuC OIL IJiG
English travellers, says their decapita
ton was delayed in consequence of the
absence of the public executioner on a
professional tour. The following list Of
the performances is given:
Last Friday week he beheaded three
brigands at Stylina, on Saturday two at
LAMA, on Monday two at Hypath he
was then at Levadeia, where he was to
execute notorious criminal. He was
then to go to Chalcis and to Athens to
behead, afterward, the seven under the
sentence of death. His next destination
is Cor1nth, where he Is to execute i've
brigands who have been for some time
waiting the execution of their sentence.
One of the brigands beheaded at Stylina
had been condemned to death five times.
These executions, it might be imagined,
would be heavy blow and great dis
couragement to baigandage, but 1t is not
so. Either the system or sympathy with
it seems rooted among the mass of the
Greek people, and by no means the peo-
pie of the lower order exclusively.
THE RED PEAcE-M Cloud
has gone among the Cheyennes to use his
influence to persuade them from the war
PdLns OpObtCO 1dItJ III uC w UCoCCo 1lACA0-
ship for the white man, is engaged in
the same work It will prove an migrate
ful task to both. The experience of
Spotted Tail, in which he has often risk
ed his life to prevent theft and murder
upon the whites by the more lawless of
his bands, General Augur knows, will be
that of his more renowned, but much less
deserving brother, whose prowess as a
warrior is only surpassed by his untutor-
ed ability as a man.
1t is hoped that our red peace makers
will continue to receive all possible sup
port from the Government They un
doubtedly deserve it. Red Cloud, among
the Cheyennes, pleading for peace, can
not fail to do great good, however short
he may fall of inducing all of them to
stop their warfare and robberies upon
our people, Omaha Republican.
The other day, ST. Louis clerk, in res
cuing a pretty girl in the street from a
young lady called carriage, took her
preserver home, nursed the roses back to
his cheeks, and married him, with pas
blessings and greenbacks. This is all
very nice and pretty and romantic; but
it is going to get somebody into trouble.
Just as soon as the news got around ST.
Louis every solitary young man in that
village went and pawned his watch and
bought bulldog or black-and tan ter
rier. And now these fellows are lurking
up every blind alley ir st. Louis, watch
ing for chance to set their dogs on the
first rich and pretty girl that passes
Only one case ID recorded so far. The
dog flew out and bit the girl; but when
the young man came to her rescue, he
was knocked down -four times by police.
man who was awfully opposed to poetry,
and then arrested for cruelty to animals, |
and assault and battery, and homicide, |
and three or four other crimes! All the |
girls in st. Louis are reading up on dog
bites and hydrophobia, so as to know
what to do when their time comes.-EI-
change.
A FLORIDA PLANTER.-While spend
ing day or two in small town in the
Interior of Florida not long ago, cores
pendent of a Boston paper saw a "plant- |
er who lived fifty miles further in the |
interior, who was then in town for the |
first time in ten years, who had not seen
newspaper nor anybody from the white
settlements since 1868, who had not heard
of the war, who did not know that sla
very had been abolished, and who had
come into town to sell negro boy which
he had brought with him.
The yacht Cambria, on its present voy
age across the Atlantic, is to test the
value of the sea messenger, new inven-
ton for conveying to land messages from
vessels. 1t is made of sheet copper, has
a brightly painted metallic flag to attract
attention, and is large enough to contain
sixty pounds, so that important books
and papers could be preserved in case of
shipwreck.
A graceful story is told of Lamartine. |
One day pennyless man of letters called
upon him, and, informing him of his
needy situation, requested the loan of
considerable sum of money. Lamartine,
who was much moved by the recital,
opened a drawer and gave him the
amount. He then conducted his unfortu-
nate visitor to the vestibule. The sea-
son was autumn, and as Lamartine open
ed the street door, the unfortunate author
shiVered in his shabby coat. A sudden
idea struck Lamartine, and calling out
Monsieur, you have forgotten your over
coat" he quickly took down an overcoat
that was hanging in the passage, and as
sisted his needy visitor to put it on with
so much dexterity and grace that the
poor man, quite overcome, did not know
how to refuse gift which was SO delicate
ly offered to him.
A st. Petersburg, Russia, cable des-
patch, last night, says: Later and au-
thentic a6vices from Tientsin, by tele-
graph through Siberia, confirm previous
reports of the massacre of foreigners in
China. The outrages were committed