The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-12-31
Ghe Aenosha GelegrapE
KENosHA. WISCONSIN.
NEWS or THE WEEK.
The East.


Ross, and the prospects of his recovery are
reported as very slim.
It is said, by persons who claim to be we'll
posted, that the Beecher-Tilton suits have
been compromised.
The father of Charley Ross has offered a
reward of $4,000, and no questions asked, for
the safe delivery of the child.
The Hoosac tunnel has at length been fin
ished and turned over to the State of Massa-
chusetts
The venerable Congressman Croker, of the
Tenth District of Massachusetts, died on the
9th of December. He was IS years old.
The West.
The amount of grain in store in Chicago on
Dec. % was: 1884, 1886 bushels of wheat.
1,056, 1874 bushels of corn, 365,920 bushels of
oats, 10, 765 bushels of rye, and 1888 bushels
of barley, making grand total of 5,645, 92S
bushels, against 1850, 52S bushels at the same
period last year.
There is no longer reason to doubt that
party of miners has penetrated the Black Hills
regions. A detachment of troops sent out to
bring the trespassers home has returned to
Fort Sully, and reported that q trail was fol-
lowed clear across the reservation, but after
ward abandoned, as the rations OF the soldiers
began to fail.
Gen. Ord has dispatched another expedi-
ton to the Black Hills to expel the interlop-
ing gold prospectors.
The Chicago City Railroad Company, which
has for some years been running it's street
cars without conductors, thus compelling
passengers to make change and put their fare
in boxes provided for the purpose, is now
meeting with some opposition from leading
citizens who systematically refuse to leave
their seats or pay their fares unless called
upon so to do by conductors or drivers. It
is expected that this action will result in the
abolition of bob-tail p" cars.
The South.
Forty-nine Conservative members of the
Mississippi Legislature have issued an ad-
dress protesting against the call of the Gov
ernor and Legislature for troops to be sent
to Warren county.
The Conservatives of New Orleans have
issued another address to the people cf the
United States, in which they denounce their
present rulers as "horde of usurpers and
robbers !" claim that the action of the Re-
turning Board is illegal and unjust" and that
/" the will of the constitutional majority is to
be ignored"
A NEW ORLEANS dispatch announces that
the Returning Board has adjourned, subject
to the call of its President. It is stated that
returns, as canvassed by the Board, show
three Republican and three Democratic meG-
bers of Congress. The House is nearly if not
quite tie as ex-Gov. Hahn and other Con-
servative Republicans will probably remain
neutral. The constitutional amendments are
declared carried by about ten thousand ma
jority. The members of the Board have pub
lished reply to the Conservative Committee,
in which they allege that in all cases where
they have thrown out the returns of parishes,
the White-Leaguers have been guilty of in
timidating the voters, so that many Repub-
ican voters could not cast their ballots.
Where such intimidation was used they con-
sidered it their duty to throw out the returns,
but consider that the Conservatives alone
were to blame.
Washington.
Vice-President Wilson has written letter
to the Senate stating that he cannot endure
the fatigue of presiding over that body, and
announcing that he will retire for the remain
der of the session. Senator Carpenter has
been reelected President pro tenn.
It is now thought that the Tax and Tariff
bill of the last session will never be passed, as
the conference committee cannot agree upon
it's provisions.
subcommittee has been appointed by the
Committee on Ways and Means to sit in New
York during the recess and continue the Pa
cifc Mail investigation.
The Congressional Committees appointed
to investigate affairs in Mississippi and Ala
bana have entered upon their work in the
respective States.
1t is given out from Washington hat East
ern members of Congress do not like the FL
nance bill as it passed the Senate, and that
they will endeavor to amend it in the House.
They propose: 1. That the provision for the
cuD5IItuClOu VI Sl1N6E GULL 10 6CT1Ck6n our.
2. That the withdrawal of legal-tender notes
until the amount outstanding is $500, 600, 900
should not be made contingent upon the
creation Of new banks and the issue Of new
bank notes. 8. That banking should not be
made free until the legal-tender circulation is
reduced to $500, 900, 900, or until after THE
resumption of specie payments by the
Treasury. 4. That provisions should be made
for an accumulation of coin in the Treasury
sufficient to enable the Treasury to begin coin
redemption on the LIST of January, 1879.
The Finance Committees of both houses of
Congress have decided to recommend the
restoration of the former impost duties on tea
and coffee, and to advise no change in he tax
on whisky.
The Arkansas Investigating Committee ha
nearly concluded its labors, and the indica-
ti0ns are that Representatives Poland and