The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-11-18

0uO6l dAOCA C0DoAlIS LIS NO01AOAr eye OFOA 49,
situation, gives it as his opinion that NJ G.
Kerr will be elected Speaker of the House
and that if, per adventure, he shall not be,
the successful man will be Sam Cox, and not
Sam Randall.
The maiorities of the Wisconsin State officers,
except Governor, are as follows, all being the
! Democratic candidates Lieutenant Governor,
Charles Parker, 1912 majority; Secretary OF
State, Peter Doyle I, IA; Treasurer, Ferdinand
Kaehn, 1885, Attorney General, A. Scott
Slean, Q, 1893; Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, Edward Soaring, 1918 The majority of
Ludington, Republican, over Taylor, Demo-
crat, for Governor, is 715.
General.
/ Adyices from Boston report that the bI1gs j..
w. Spencer and Toronto, and the schooners
! Moses Patten, Nettie Chase and Serene, we're
lost with all on board, during the terrible hur-
ricane which recently caused so much damage
/ in the West Indies
j Details of the laundering of the steamer
Pacific, on the Pacific coast, show that the
catastrophe was Of a more lamentable nature
than was at first reported There were on
the vessel at the time of the disaster two hum
dred souls, and only two persons, so far as
known, live to tell the sad story. 'a
Isaac P. Tice the well-known inventor, is
dead. @
The General Missionary Convention of the
States held it's annual session at New York last
week, all the members being present except
Bishops Foster and Haven. The treasurers
report showed balance on Nov. l. 1874, of
1913, 288 receipts during the year, 1862, 485 /;
expenditures, $721 300, leaving the debt of the
treasury at $4,000. Besides this there are
letters of credit for foreign missions amount
ing to $780, 1872, making the real debt 1885, 562.
Capt. JEFF D. Howell the commander Of the
lost steamer Pacific, was brother-in-law OF
/ jeff Davis. e8aat3
The ship Calcutta, from Quebec to Liverpool,
has been lost at sea. TwepSy-tw men OF the
crew and lady passenger were drowned. The
captain, three men and a boy we're saved.
i alfd Men Foreign.
Additional letters have been received at Lon
don from Henry M. Stanley, in Africa, which
4 fully confirm Sheke's views that the great Vic
4 toria Niyanza is one body Of water, and not an
aggregation of lakes, as held by Livingstone.
The notorious Mordaunt divorce case has
4 been brought to an end in the courts of En-
/ gland Sir Charles Mordaunt having been
granted decree of divorce.
Advices from Penang, India, announce tnat
y the mutlated remains of Mr.. Birch, the late
Z English resident at Perak have been recovered
after sharp engagement v it'll the Malayans.
A general outbreak was feared, and Hong
Kong had been photographed to for troops.
i The French Assembly has, by an almost
i unanimous vote, adopted an amendment to the
electoral bill allowing half-yearly residents to
vote.
The New York Herald prints Geographic
synopsis of Henry M. Stanley's latest letters
from the interior of Africa. The intrepid ex-
plorer had several conflicts, with slave-dealers
Victoria Lake. On one occasion he was attacked
by 100 natives, armed with spears, in thirteen
canoes, who were repulsed after severe fight.
Three natives were killed. He arrived at
the Utesal hunting camp at Nisayura, April
IL, where the King directed extraordinary fes-
tivities and displays One feature was a naval
review on the lake Of eighty-four canoes,
manned by $500 men. On the second day, in
addition to the naval maneuvers, there were
races, in which eghty-four canoes were en-
gagged, each propelled by thirty oarsmen, the
King leading the feet personally in the pres
ence of great crowd of on-lookers, including
the 800 wives of the King. On the third day
there was bird-shooting and Encyclopaedia by
5000 troops, and on the fourth day he retuI ned
to Mtesas, the capital. This King has 2,000,-
4 900 of subjects. He is Mussselman, has
great intelligence, and his dominion affords
The best augury for the possible civilization OF
Africa. aH asuf#a4 ~ Ts
Heavy and incessant rains are reported in
England and France, and many parts of both
countries are flooded. s4at refa f.fs
4 BY an explosion of fire. damp in a Belgian
colliery, the other day, 10 persons were killed
and 100 injured, several of them fatally.
T Spain continues the shipment of troops to
4 Cuba. 9Gu sis la9
The Sultan of Turkey has ordered the dis.
tricts of Trebigne, Biletz, and Piva to be de-
tached from Herzegovina and organized as
separate department. which will be placed I'M
der an Armenian Greek Governor.
The crew of the British ship Lennie from
Antwerp to New York, recently mutinied, and
killed the Master, MAZE and boatswain.
Servia has withdrawn her troops from the
Turkish frontier, and the army of the Sultan
has likewise retired. This is step toward .
settlement of the pending difficulties.
Bridgewater, in. Somersetshire, Eng. was
recently inundated by an immense tidal wave
ten feet high, which caused much damage to
1 shipping and other property.
q The movements of the Prince of Wales, in
4 India, are seriously hampered by the preya-
lence of cholera. "a sfet.4 ae.
/ Disastrous floods are reported throughout
England and Ireland.
Cardinal McCloskey has sailed for home.