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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-23

The Grasshopper plague in the West
is attracting attention and is becoming a
very important matter not only to those
afflicted but as affecting the future of the
States where the ravages are committed.
Methods for destroying these insects, or
for preventing their ravages, will have
an early demand. A method employed
IN Cyprus is worthy of note: "By this
plan the attack is made neither on the
eggs nor on the fully developed. insect,
as practiced elsewhere, but during the
intermediate or wingless period Of their
development, stage beginning about a
month after the eggs are Matched, and
lasting three or four weeks. during
which the "crickets" wander about in
compact masses and are easily taken in
V.shaped traps open to the line Of march
The sides of the traps are made with
strips Of silk hundred yards long and
Two or three feet wide firmly attached t
poles set in the ground. The bottom
edges Of these walls Of silk are banked
with earth so that the "crickets,' canno
crawl under them, and the upper edges
are waxed OF bordered with oiled silK
which prevents their climbing over. Al
they have no wings to escape with, they
are forced to mass themselves at th'
apex Of the system Gas 1t is called
where they tumble into trench edge(
with plates of zinc, which offers no foot
hold, so that they are efectuahy trapped
When the trench is full the insects ar
covered with earth, and the system
moved On to continue the work of de
ztruction elsewhere. Upwards Vi y 0
cubic yards of grasshoppers were thu
destroyed in Cyprus in o single season.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-23
MY BOY.
By d. W. @. PACKARD.

e
Come five-year prattler to my knee;
LIDO you grievious wrong
To check with frown your childish glee,
So. sing our little song.
You sing as do the woodland birds
From an excess of joy
Such songs as have no heed of words:
So sing. sing on, my boy.
This heavy heart, on which You lay
Your gentle, careless brow,
Once laughed and snng it's griefs away
Would it could do SO now
But cares come with the coming years
That bow the stoutest head,
And dreary days, and lifeswrung tears,
And mournin gs for the dead:
And there ale sorrows deep as death
Which may you never know,
My happy child, whose every breath
Makes loving hearts to glow |
But I'll not cast single shade
Athwart your sunny sky,
For oDwill keep what he has made,
With an UNIV earied eye:
SO now, kiss-and to your play,
And will dream tits true,
Some power has rolled my years away
And I'll be glad with you
Brockton, Mass, June, 1874.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-23
HOW THE ENGLISH TAKE CARE or
HORSES.

| A visitor to Saratoga asked an English
groom, who has spent twenty years in the
stables of royalty, what he had to say
about our American way of taking care Of
horse.
"Why," said he, ''you don't take good
care of your horses; you think you do, but
you DON'T"
"Why?" he askad.
Because, when horse comes all wet
with perspiratinn, you let him stand in
the stable and dry with all the dirt on
In England we take the horse rs he came
from drive and sprinkle blood-worm
water ell over him, from his head 10 his
feet. Then we scrape him down and
blanket him, rubbing his legs and face
dry. Thus in an hour he is clean and
dry, and ready to take good feed, while
with your way he will stand and swelter
for hours, and finally dry, sticky, and
dirty. Our horses never founder and
never take cold. We never use a curry
comb; you scratch your horses too hard.
The only care necessary is to have the
water not too cold; then battle them
instantly, while you are rubbing their
legs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-07-23
ABOUT WOMEN.
Miss Anna Dickinson is spending tn
summer at Marblehead, Mass.

Miss Anna Dickinson is spending the
summer at Marblehead, Mass.
Mrs. Harriet A. Tracy is President Of
the Temperance Union of Lansing, Mich
Miss Hattie Lewis of New London, Ct.
has recently married the Roman Count
Bandalairi, at Paris.
Mrs. Susan A. Chaplin has been ap-
pointed postmlstress of the recently es-
tablished office at Ludlow, Mass.
Mrs Mary J.. Holmes is on the way
home from Europe, with new book fol-
Carleton to publish in the fall.
Mrs. Lizzie Lloyd Phoenix, the Russian
diamond scandal person, is known as the
"Grande Duchess" in Paris.
Elizabeth P. Ramsay of Tendon, Eng
land, has pu blished en- interesting tale OF
the Woman Suffrage Movement, entitled
"Mildred's Career"
Nine. -Goldschmidu and Mr.. Sims
Reeves are each said to have a child
whose promise Of future renown as a
singer is very great.
Mrs. Sarah Kidder of Livermore, Me-,
will be one hundred and three years old
in October next, aud is probably the
oldest person in the State.
Mrs. Waldron Of Newport, R. l., eigh-
ty years old, took her first steamboat
ride, Tuesday, when she went to Provi-
dence, the first time for fifty years.
Mrs. Lydia Blackinship of Marion,
Mass, died on Monday. July 6, at the ex-
treme age Of one hundred years, one
month and eleven days. On her one
hundreth birthday she was in good
health and attended church.
The Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne,
who is erecting convent on the Mount
of Olives-,which she has purchased and
presented to the Catholics-willr remain
in Jerusalem seven years longer. Her
sole companions in the little cottage
where she lives are dog and cat.
Mrs. Audubon, widow of the celebrated
naturalist, John J. Audubon, died in Kel-
lyville, Ky, recently, aged Lightweight
years. She was lady of unusual attain
ments, and was the constant companion
Of her husband in his labors and travels,
and visited the principal courts of Eu-
rope in his company.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27
pi,,.hnrrh Metal Market. .

PrTTsBURGH, July s4-The pig iron
market Is steady and fairly active, but
prices remain unchanged; No. Foun-
dery $29a80; No. 3 do $27a28; Gray
Forge, $e7a29; White and Mottled sea-
25; cold blast Charcoal $9Oa35; White
and 'Mottled $24a25, hot blast Charcoal
$S0a35, cold blast do $45a50. Sales are
reported Of Connelsville Lake-2OO tons
Gray Forge at $97, 4 months; 150 tons do
ct SEQ, cash; 100 tons Etna do at $97 90,
4 months; 10 tons No. 2 Foundery al
$2a. Bituminoua Coal.smelted- tons
No. / Fouudery at $50, 4 months; 90
tons do Of $50, cash; 20 tons No, . do OF
$2e, 4 months; 100 tons Gray Forge at
IS rs, 4 months; 100 tons do OF $26 so;
800 tons do OF $27; 800 tons do at see,
cash; 100 tons do at S27 25; 100 tons do
at $27. 800 tons do at $27; 20 tons Of q
mixed lot at Se4; 40 tons silyery ct
Se0 30. Hanging Rock Charcoal l-10 tons
Mill at $3I, 4 months; 12 tons No. q
Foundefy az $88 rs, cash; 23 tons No. 1
do OF $88aS9, 4 months. No change to
state In Finished Irons or Nails, but
makers are refusing 10 contract for future
delivery OF current rates; s.t ?
% u +.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27

We understand that MIR. o. 8. LoNo
will take his farewell Of the Register TO-.
day to enter upon his duties as Clerk Of
the Court Of Appeals Of this state-to
which position he was appointed Eome
weeks ago. We regret to see Mr.. LONG
laying down his pen as editor, for wide as
may be our differences politically we es-
teemed him highly for his personal quail.
ties. Heleaves bis position on the Regis.
Ter with the general esteem Of the COM
munity and has the best wishes Of many
acquaintance irrespective Of party, for
success ia his new field Of duty. We
doubt not he will make o very popular
officer among all who have to do with the
Supreme Court. We understand that he
will DO succeeded in the editorahip OF the
RHgiter by Mr.. w, G. WALLER, Of Balti.
more, formerly Of the New York Demo.
Orat, a gentleman with whom we have
not the pleasure Of an acquaintance, but
with whom we hope to sustain the same
amicsble and courteous relations that we
have with hispredecessor.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27
MINISTER JAY,
UNION LEAoUE,
OIL Struck Near New Haven, In.
diRna..DAmage bV Storm.

NEw HAVEN, Ind, July 25.-Great ex.
citement exists here over the vein OF oil
that was struck yesterday at the depth Of
eight feet by man digging q well. The
hlid burns freely and gives a good light.
FORT WAYNE, Ind, July 25-A work.
man, while digging we'll for B. Feather.
shell, OF New Haven, Indiana, yesterday,
struck vein Of oil at a depth Of eight
feet. The fluid burns freely and emits a
light, fully equal 10 the best coal oil.
Further developments are awaited with
considerable interest.
Additional reports from the surround
ing country indicate immense damage to
property from the storm Of yesterday al
ternoon, which was the severest known
In this section for many years.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27
TERRIBLE WATERFRONT IN
NEVADA.

Thirty Houses In tho Town OF Eu-
reka Swept AwaY.-Twenty. five OF
Thirty Lives LOAt-.Central Pacific
Track Damaged.
SAN FRAEcIsco, July 25.-A dispatch
from Eureka, Nevada, says 0 terrible wa
terspout burst in the mountains yester.
day. The water swept through the town,
killing twenty persons and causing great
destruction Of property. Another from
EIke says q water.spout crossed the Gen.
tral Pacific track between Humboldt
Wells and Toano, washing out the track.
The west.bound emigrant train was
wrecked and FIVE passengers killed.
A dispatch from Elko, Just received,
says the report of an accident to the
train on the Central Railroad, near Hum
boldt Wells, caused by the water-spout
washing away the track, is without foun-
dation. The section foreman was run
over and lost both his legs. The track Is
so badly injured that trains cannot get
through to-day. There Is no further noWs
from the Eureka disaster.
A dispatch from Eureka, gives the par.
uculars OF the storm yesterday. It had
been raining with great violence since
early In the morning until noon, when a
cloud burst on lofty range Of mountains
10 the east, and vast volume OF water
rushed down the canon where the town
Is located. The eastern part of the town
was flooded in ten minutes By the fearful
rush Of water, constantly increasing In
volume, depth and impetuosity. People
In that portion Of the place were hemmed
In In . moment. Houses were torn from
their foundations and swept away with
the occupants. Ropes were procured,
and line formed Of brave men thus pro.
tected dashed into the torrent and saved
many lives. Only few women and
children were lost. The body Of one
Mrs. Bray was recovered. Rodger Rob.
inett, reporter Of the Sentinel, Is among
the drowned. The Sentine! office was
swept away. Bodies are being brought
to the Court House as fast as discovered,
Three Chinamen were lost; thirty
houses were swept away. All that part Of
the town devoted TO dance.houses and
other places Of amusemeet is gone. The
Hood lasted only half an hour. The total
loss OF life ia not yet known; 1t Ia be.
lieved that 1t will reach twenty-five or
thirty. The weather Is still threatening.
LATER.
Another report from Eureka says the
storm was heavier today than yesterday.
The people were prepared for It.
WEhLs, NEVADA, July 25.-About
thirty feet Of the Central Pacific Railroad
tract was washed out by the bursting OF
q rain cloud, twenty.eight miles east Of
this place yesterday. A train with
workmen has passed to repair the dam
ages. Anxious passengers are waiting
their progress. The west. bound train Is
expected here about noon:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27

OMAHA, NED, July 25.-An investlga-
tion In the case Of Paul Nelson, supposed
TO have been poisoned by son.in.law,
develops the fact that Nelson committed
suicide by hanging, and that tho suspi,
cious actions Of Peterson were caused by
his dislike to having the circumstance
known. he was released.
A Mrs. Welch, q lady Of 65 or 10 years
Of age, committed suicide this morning
by hanging.
Nothing new from tho Indian country,
The postal investigation has fully
cleared Mr.. Charles FGrsy, special agent,
Of all charges.
The infant son OF General George D.
Ruggles died to-day.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27

The Moorefeld Courier and Aduertissr
speaks OF Mr.. FAuLKNER's recent letter,
announcing himself as q candidate for
Congress, as "a veritable political coup do
etat, the effect Of which cannot now be
clearly seen." MI. Faulkner having been
Minister to France, what is more natural
for him than "coup d etat' :" ~ I
Tho Same paper, referring to Mr.. Bore.
1ER's announcement for Congress from
the same district, says that "lI everybody
else will just stand of we will see the
liveliest fight that has ever taken place in
this or any other Congressional District"
As showing howgay the fight might be
in that district we copy the following pre-
liminary poetry in regard to the outlook /:
Now, FdulEaIr has begun 10 prancc
Around the District gAily,
AndUl such splendid bows nom France
He gives the people daily.
WhiliSt Mdrttnin his mountain nest
Awaits his own convention. ~
And B0tSlSr with his lance In rest
IsgiYing 'em attention, ID. I'd
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niSm to me. I don't think that Mr.,
Beecher was 90 largely involved in It as
his wife was.
20. Had you known Of Mrs, Beecher's
interference In your affairs prior to thaiY
A. l can't say; my adAirs were not bust.
ness aftairs-domestic affairs no:
as recollect Elizabeth went sometimes
to the health.lifi and Mrs. Beecher came
there and saw her one day.
Q, What date was thaiS
A. do not know. Mrs. Beecher,
through Mrs. Morse, got the idea that |
was Mr.. Beechers enemy, therefore Mrs.
BSecher was violently my enemy; Mrs.
Beecher being my enemy, and feeling /
was bent on battle against her husband
sought to make an alliance with Elizabeth
and as l understand wanted Elizabeth TO
go away from me,
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CAMBRIDGE CRY, Ind, July 25.-one
OF the most terrific thunder.storms that
has visited US for years was with US last
evening. Several buildings were struck
by lightning, but as far as reported none
were burned. John Galloway lost two
valuable horses by lightning.
Charles Mlller's store, at Milton, was
entered BY burglars last night, and over a
thousand dollars worth Of dry goods and
clothing taken. No clue to the thieves,
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Destruction Of Property by lightning
..ThTee Barns Burned.

WARSAW, IND, July 25.-A barn be-
longing TO Martin Arnold, five miles south
Of this place, was struck by lightning last
evening during a heavy storm. The barn
and contents were burned. It contained
two years' crops oil grain, wool and hay,
besides q lot Of agricultural implements.
Loss $1,000; no insurance:
A barn belonging to Mrs. ]. Douglass,
four miles east, was struck BY lightning
later In the evening, and burned 70 the
ground. Loss $1,000; insured in the Con-
iinental, Of New York, for $500.
Also, q barn belonging to Daniel Ulry,
near Milford, this county, was struck BY
lightning and burned, together with con, 6c
tents, consisting Of six horses and 1,6OO
bushels Of grain. Loss $4,000:
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Reporter AssauIted..SuIt for Breach
OF Promise and Seduction.sPastor
Ch0aan., HaTvaatFn0

PlTTsBURdH, July 25,-W. g. smyth,
q reporter connected with the Pit;shurph
Dispatch, was assaulted last night 6y
Harry Morten, proprietor Of Morten's Va.
rieties, and knocked down. Smyth Was
accused by Morten Of being the author Of
an article in the Dispatch rejecting strong.
ly on the character of certain places of
amusement, Morten's Varieties being
among the number. =
Thomas G. Harper, of Allegheny, has
been sued by Mrs. Harplisa Carot6er for
seduction and breach Of promise. Mrs,
Carother lays her damages at $4,000.
AT a congregational meeting Of the
Fourth United Presbyterian Church Of
Allegheny, for the election Of q pastor,
DR.: Robert Irwin, Of Augusta, Georgia,
had a large majority.
The wheat harvest In this section Of the
country has been completed. The crop
Is above the average, is Of superior quail.
y, and was secured in good condition.
Oats are short in straw, but arc filling
pretty well.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27

In our dispatches this morning state.
ment is given in regard to the earnings Of
the great Lake Shore Railroad for the
last six months that shows o reduction in
Its working expenses Of ten per cent as
compared with the same time last year
We presume the same thing is true, per-
hapS MOTTO the same extent, Of railroads
generally. The statement Of the Penn
sylvania railroad, published on our third
page, while 1t shows a decrease in gross
earnings Of less than a million, as COM
pared with the first six months of 1878,
yet 1t also shows an increase in net earn,
iDgS of over 8 million and a third oi
dollars. II. 70 .aH
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-27

YESTERDAY was q sultry, close day, es.
pecially in the afternoon, and the state Of
the atmoshere presaged the thunder and
lightning storm, accompanied with heavy
rain, that visited us last evening. II the
storm was general above we may look
for q considerable swell in the river
within the next twenty.tour hours. We
expect to hear OF no little damage to the
corn, especially on the hill sides, where
the wash must have been very considera.
bic. There were one or two very start
ling peals Of thunder in this immediate
locality.
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Six Persons Killed by One stroke of
lightning In Kentucky,

LOUISVILLE, July 25.-A special to the
Courier journal says that one stroke Of
lightning killed nx persons in Woodiord
county last night, viz: Mr.. Mundy and
wiie, MI. Black, witeand daughter, and a
colored man living al the same house
During the same storm lightning struck
many points In Central Kentucky, in ane
instance burning barn to tho ground.
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First Bale of New Cotton Received
at GalVeSton,

. GALVESTON, July 25.-The first balo Of
the new crop Of cotton was received today
from Mrs. NJ HauSsman, OF Meyerville,
Dewitt county; weight, 442 lbs; class,
low middling. 1t was sold at 27 cents.
This is the third successive year that Mrs.
HausmAnn has sent the frat bale TO Gal
teaton.
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IT seems strange that 0 man Of Mr..
FAu1KNER's advanced years should d want
to 70 TO Congress bad enough to enter
into o fight for It as an Independent can.
didato. Having achieved wealth and po.
sItion, we should suppose that, in the
evening Of his days, he would avoid the
unhealthy and unsatisfactory excitement
Of politics rather than court It. He must
be familiar with the littleness Of Con.
gresslonGl life in general, and also
with the probability that even II
elected he will not become q
commanding member Of the
House. BE never was such even in his
palmy days, Mr.. FAULKNER Is a politi-
clan and not q statesman! he is shrewd
but mot great BE Is not one Of the men
who grapple with great issues when they
arise and help to determine them. He is
ono Of those who wait to see the DRIFT Of
public sentiment and then follow 1t. That
game will do for a man who simply lives
to be reelected, but not for q statesman.
With oil his faults, however, we prefer
Mr. FAULKNER TO MARTIN. AS o mem.
Der oi the Judiciary or some other i'm.
portant Committee, requiring experience
snd familiarity with legislation, he
would be Of more service than either
BoTELER or MARTIN. So far as their
rebellious antecedents are concerned there
is nothing to choose between the three.
FAULKNER and BoTELER as independents
and MARTIN as the Democratic nominee
will make a lively contestIt is one Of the
wholesome features Of the times to see in.
dependent Democratic candidates in the
held. .,F-Ea nr..
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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad-AleetIng Of the Executive
CnmHnIiinn

hallroad-meeting Of the Executive
Committee.
CHICAGO, July 25.-At the meeting Of
tho Executive Committee of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Company, q statement of the business for
the six months ending June 80, was
made, as follows: Earnings, $S,874 500;
operating expenses, $5,GOs ,693. The bal.
ance of over three millions was partly
used to pay the interest on leases and
discounts on bonds sold, leaving on the
capital stock little over three per cent.
The committee thought It inexpedient
to declare dividend for the six months,
and voted that their per cent should be
used as follows: For construction and
equipment, $500 0,452; for paying of ne
floating debt, $807, 800. Operating ex-
penses reported to be 68 per cent OF gross
earnings, against 76 per cent for the cor
responding period OF 1873. The follow.
ing, among other resolutions, was adopt
ed: :.
R<S0!red, That in view of the improve.
ments in the company's affairs, as shown
BY statement OF It's floating debt, which
is now reduced to about two millions, and
in view OF the fact that the company has
definitely decided not TO engage In any
new enterprises involving a diversion Of
It's net earnings, 1t seems 10 this commit.
tee that 1t will not be necessary hereafter
to pass the payment Of dividends,
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CHICAGO, July 25.-Chlcagos 10; At
lantics 4. The result Of this game places
the White Stockings fourth on the cham
pionship list The heat to-day and this
evening has been intense. The ther'
mometer at 10 o'clock stood 90 degrees
In the shade.
NEW YoRx, July 9s-Matuals q
HArttorda 8,
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TIE Pittsburgh Commercial Of Saturday
Alludes to unpleasant rumors on the streets
there OF impending financial trouble.
It deprecates the circulation OF such ru.
mOrs, and says that after having made in.
quiry 1t has Jailed to verify the reports.
The embArrassments of LYON, sHoRB &
%. have probably made tho public mind
more credulous Of such reports than it
would otherwise be. ~. .a '.s
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WE understand that the account of
stock just taken over at the Etna Mill
shows q gratifying result for the last six
months operations, The company are SO
well pleased with what they have done
that there is talk OF putting on double
tnrr .e n .a
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Struck BY a Train,

HARTFORD CRY, Ind, July 9S.-A
train on tho Fort Wayne, Muncie and
Chicago road struck man named HeiLs.
man, who was sitting on the track, about
q mile south Of this place, last MONT
knocking him from the track and seri6us,
y inluripg him. HeiS ina critical condI.
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threatened troubles at Vicksburr

VICKsDURG, July 25....The time speci.
fed by the Board of Aldermen for regis
trstion in the Third Ward proved insul.
fcient. Negro Aldermen attempted to
prevent further action by absentipg them.
selves and breaking quorum. Ths
Mayor, through the police, procured their
attendance. The leaders Of the nearoes
now advise them not to vote.
A three'storY brick building, owned BY
7. D: French, occupied by Rhuman &
20, clothiers, burned. Loss, about eA0..
600; insured for $ss, 500. The negro, ,iirs
companies being absent, their engines
were not ont. The city is quiet. y
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Congressional Investigating Commit.
tee at Little Rock.

LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 25.-The
Brooks side closed their examination Of
witnesses before the Congressional In.
vestigating Committee this morning, and
this afternoon the Baxter side commenced
introducing testimony. Nothing OF I'm.
portance In the Convention to-day.