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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
LiYingStOne's Last Journals.

The London Standard says: CDR,
Livingstone's last journals have just
made their appearance, after a delay
which, considering their extent and the
difficulty of deciphering them, has been
singularly short. Thanks to his faith
full attendants, there is reason to be-
Iieve that not one line of the great trav-
eler's writing has been lost, from the
time of his leaving Zanzibar, in the be-
ginning of 1860, to the day when his
notebook dropped from his dying
hand, in April, of last year. The diff
culties of the great explorer in writing
and preserving these most valuable
records can hardly be everestimated.
Some are contained in copy-books,
mary more in metallic pocket books,
and some again in large Lett's diaries.
When the supply of writing paper was
short, the travellers ingenuity supplied
the deficiency, and 'old newspapers,
as Mr.. Waller tells us, yellow with
African damp, were sewn together, and.
his notes written across the type with
substitute for ink made from the juice
of tree Among the illustrations
WHICH We may OUS0Ifo, ny oAo way, t10
not quite SO sensationally picturesque
as in some recent books of African
travels . photolithographic repro
duction of a page of one of these inter
esting books. A fragment of the Stand
ard OF the oath of November, 1859, is
crossed with some very careful notes
written in the red decoction referred to.
The material on which it is based is.
used to dye 'virambos and to ornament
the faces of the people of the interior.
For such purposes it may be, an
doubtless is, very useful, but as ink it
is somewhat of failure, fading with
time, and from the appearance OF the.
facsimile, running into the paper in a
peculiarly provoking manner. In spite
of all the difficulties attendant upon the
task of deciphering an enormous mass
of manuscript of this character the
work has been most successfully per-
formed, and Mr.. Waller is able to say
with truth that in the record of seven
years of continuous labor and explora-
tion, mo break whatever occurs.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
LOUISIANA.

The Organization of the Legislature
Geza. Sheridan i'm Command i'm New Or
leans.
There were lively times in New Orleans Oh
the occasion of the assembling of the Louisi-
ana Legislature on the 4th inst, but, con-
trary to general expectation, the day passed
off without bloodshed.
The members Of the House assembled. the
Chief Clerk called the roll, and announced
1O2 members present and a quorum. A mo-
ton was Immediately made, amid much con-
fusion, that L. A. WiltzE( Democracy be de-
clared temporary Chairman. Amid much ex-
element and uproar, Wiltz took the chair, and
appointed Sergeant-at-Arms and temporary
Clerk. Col. Lowell (Rep.) protested, on be-
half of the Republicans, against the manner
OF the temporary organization. Speaker
Witt replied that the manner of organization
was identical with that of 1868, in which Mr..
Lowell participated Five members, not re-
turned by the Board, were declared, by reso-
luton, members of the House, and took their
seats. motion was then offered to go into
permanent organization. This raised q
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
A French Report of the Scandal.

This is the way a Frenchman re-
ported the Brooklyn scandal: "One.
Grand Ecclesiastical Scandal-Great
Excitement in New York and Brook
Ign Three Clergymen in Moosh Trou-
bell-Mons. Moulting, Tiltong, and
Beechare have One Grand Controversies
Mons. Moulting is re pastorr of re
Pleemoz Church, of New York, dis
covered by Columbus, Ohio, in 1892.
Mons. Moultong is accuse of taking re,
impropare Hberte wiz re wife of Theo-
dore Beechare, who is Mrs. Harriott
Beechare Stowe, re mozare of Onkle,
Tom, re blind pianist. Mons. Beechare.
also is accuse of re impropare lbertee
wiz Mrs. Tiltong, daughtare of Susan
e. Anthony, re sistare of Mark An
thony, who was make love wiz Cleo
patra. Mons. Tiltong have cauze ze
separashong of Mons. Beechare and
his wife. She resides in re city of
Brooklyn, while he has moved into
Elizabeth, New Jersee. Re congrega-
shong of re Pleemoz Rock shurch will
not permit Mons. Moultong to preesh
never from Eat poolpet. Re greatest
excitement preveil.' Our French
friend appears to understand this mat
+ns &C olnor11r o1 thn1rnh hn had a state
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
WISCONSIN NEWS,

Crime.
MRS. SMITH, charged with numbering James
Sern at Black River Falls, six years ago, has
been tried and acquitted.
D. WILLIAMS committed suicide in Berlin,
Green Lake county. on Monday last by
shooting himself through the heart. He was
young man, about 25 years DID, printer,
and one of the former proprietors of the Ber-
lin Journal. The cause of the rash act was
family trouble.
AN unsuccessful attempt was made last
week to force the Vernon county jail at Viro-
qua, for the purpose of lynching James Bar
ry, in custody there charged with the shoot
ing of John Downey. The brave Sheriff
recognized some of the masked mob, called
them by name, and told them to clear out or
he would fire upon them, whereupon the
whole party jumped into their sleighs and
drove rapidly away.
Business Enterprise.
A BUTTER factory is to be started in Fond
| du Lac.
The loggers on Black river are making the
chips fly, and expect to tumble into the creek
this winter about 12O,OOO,OOO of timber.
Wages, $18 to 1876 per month. Snow ten
inches deep.
WAUsAU, forty miles above Stevens Point,
now has direct communication by railroad and
telegraph with the outside world. This
makes the most important advance of the year
into the pineries.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth has hopes
that the Peoria, Illinois and Fond du Lac
railroad will be completed to that point during
1875. Is
J. j. SMITH & Son, of Ripon, will establish
a butter-factory at Fond du Lac next season.
Personal.
MISS GooDELL, GAINESVILLE attorney, is lee
turing on the right of the State to restrict or
prohibit the traffic in liquor.
Rs Mr.. SAM COLE has been requested to show
by he should not pay Grant county girl
S1O. 600 for SCATTERING her affections.
The decision of Judge ElLs giving J. Bass
of Fond du Lac, Judgment to the amount of
$4,000 against the Northwestern Railway
Company for ejecting him from the ladies
car, some time ago, has been reversed by the
Supreme Court
REV. ROBERT CoLLYER has been defining
Clear Grit" for the benefit of the Green
Bayites.
Statistical.
FREIGHT receipts at Eau Claire for 1874
have wonderfully increased They amounted
to 100000 pounds in 1872; 27,348, $50 in
1873, and 38, LOG, $40 pounds this year.
The animal statement of the trade and
commerce of Milwaukee show the receipts of
wheat to be 25,697 444 bushels; shipments,
22,352, III; flour receipts, 1885, 985; ship
ments 2,2O8, 418; lumber, receipts, 141, 404, 200
feet lath, IA, 1O3, 500; shingles, 178, 087 ,OOO
CATTLE receipts, 2O,925; live hogs, 1907
dressed hogs, 1904. There have been $50
buildings erected in the city during the year,
at a cost of about $3, 500. O0O
FOND DU LAC has shipped goods to the
value of $4,000 to the Kansas and Nebraska
sufferers.
Casualties.
VIM. GEARY, aged %, was crushed to death
by the runner of his sleigh in the town o
Lyon, Clark county.
Deaths.
The following deaths are announced: d. |
W. Kellogg, one Of the most esteemed citizens
Of Jefferson; James Saunders, an old resident |
of Milwaukee; James Langdon, an esteemed
citizen and business man of Lacrosse.
JOHN EAsToN, an old and respected citizen |
: :. Z 1s !
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07

THE will of the late Mayor Havemey-
er, of New York, has been admitted to
probate. The value of the property
bequeathed is estimated at from
1000, 600 to 100000 The only
heirs are his widow, six sons and two
daughters
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
accessory.

A STATISTICAL report just published
states that there are at present 1913, 900
manufacturing establishments in France,
which give employment to 100000
workers. The Department of the Seine
yields in value nearly $500, 900, 900, or
one-fifth of the total annual production
of the entire country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07

Total bu.2O 900, $40 21,7O7,977 19,A2395 3d. O2O
The following are the receipts and ship
ments for the week, as compared with the
same time last year:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
FINANCE AND TRADE.
Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.
rrrAr

Weekly Review of the Chicago Market.
FINANCE.
The money market was without any quot
able change. The supply of loanable funds
is in excess of the demand, and interest rates
are in borrowers favor. Rates 10 per cent.
with per cent. as the ruling rate for call
loans. Government bonds were quiet, but
as there was no special desire to sell, and
the offerings were light, a firm feeling pre-
vailed and prices we're steady. We quote
5-2O's of '62 at 1152 to 116; '65 at 1178 to 118
currency SIS at 117s to 117B and interest.
Latest gold quotations: Chicago, 1923 to
1923; New York. 1929, the market ruling
frmer at New York, under local influences.
BREADSTUFFS.
The visible supply of grain, including the
stocks in granary, at the principal points of
accumulation, at lake and seaboard ports,
and in transit by rail, Dec. 26. 1874, and the
comparative stocks at the other undermen-
toned periods. were as follows:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
The National Debt.

The last public debt statement shows an in
crease of the national indebtedness during
December of $685. 67. Appended are the
official figures:
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
Second Race.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.-

The Aldermen of Boston have adopted
the new city charter, which places the
MANAGEMENT Of the departments under
Commissioners instead of the Council, and
also increases the city police force to seven
hundred men.
-Four fire insurance companies of New
York have withdrawn from the National
Board Of Underwriters since Saturday.
Peter Smith, one Of a gang Of notorious
villains in New York, knocked Mrs. Bishop
down on Sixth Avenue Monday, and robbed
her Of her wallet containing SlO0, but was
captured 10y policeman.
Louis J. Leche, aged nineteen, shot and
killed VIM. j. Miller, aged eighteen, in a
personal difficulty in New Orleans.
The Pennsylvania troops are returning
from the coal region of that State, which
indicates that no fears of further trouble;
are entertained.
|. Gen. Crook assumed command of the
Department Of the Platte yesterday, with
headquarters at Omaha.
A fire at Herman, St. Lawrence county
y. Y, Yesterday, burned the business paTt
of that town, leaving only the hotel, one
small boot and shoe store and one small
grocery store. The loss is estimated a
SlOO,0O9, on which there was SJ3,OVO IN
suranCe. Several psrsOns were seriously
injured during the fire.
The funeral of the late Mayor Barrett
Of 81. Louis, yesterday, was the largest and
most imposing ever known in that city.
Sarah Walker alias PuSs Oakley, the
child stealer, has been sentenced to thre,
months Imprisonment by a Washington
court, with the understanding that upOI
he release she return to Norfolk.
The President has declined to interfere
in the case Of Hope II. Slater, recently
convicted in Washington City Of man
slaughter in having killed Michael Hussey
at a schutzeHfest, four years ago, and sen
fenced to four years Imprisonment in the
Albany peniteutisry. The application io
his pardon had been pending for severa
weeks.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
CATCHING CHINAMEN.

In the collection Of poll taxes from the
Chinese, in San Francisco, the assessors
deputies have always had a good deal Of
difficulty in preventing the transfer Of re-
ceipts from one ChinamaE TO another,
whereby a single receipt is made 10 do
duty several times over, and the city robbed
of much Of her legitimate revenue from
this source. For the purpose Of detecting
and frustrating this imposition, Assessor
Badlam has devised a system Of
marking receipts when they are issued to
Cinnamon in such a way as to indicate the
prominent external characteristics Of the
mans physique. For instance, one desig-
nation points to a MOngOl "under thirty
years of age, short in stature, no scars on
head or neck;n another signifies man
ao7er thirty years Of age, tall, with small
pox uarks;1 a third an sold man, very
fat, scars on head or neck a fourth a
sscrOss-eyed Chinaman;' a fifth a "China-
man very lean, with smallpox marks, and
so on. Thus, if heathen on the verge Of
three score and ten, about as fat as a match,
and with a COuutenance dotted with small
pox marks, cn being asked if he has paid
his pOll-tax, presents a receipt whose desig-
nation shows that it was issued TO young
man, very fat, with no smallpox marks,
the deputy quietly remarks, 81 guess not
and "gOes for that heathen Chinee." The
plan is found 20 work excslleEtly, and
many a MOugOl has already been brought
TO grief by its means.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
LAWs WITHOUT CAPTIONs.

We have been asked whether an act
of the General Assembly which has nc
caption has any binding effect. We
answer: No. The Constitution specih.
cally requires that the subject Of every
enactment shall be expressed in the
title.
Article II, Section L Of the Consti-
tuition reads:
Bills may originate in either House,
but may be amended, altered or reject
ed bg the other. No bill shall become
a law which embraces more than one
subject; that subject to be expressed
IN the title. All acts which repeal, re-
vive or amend former laws, shall recite
IL their caption or otherwise the title
or substance of the law repealed, re-
yived or amended.
There Is no caption TO one or more
Of the acts Of the last Legislature.
All such are unconstitutional and
void.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
Good PrIees far RIooded CattIe

CHICAGO, April PA special from De-
catur, H., says the sale of the HarristOun
herd Of short horns, owned by j. II. Pick
erell, took place there to-day. Among the
transfers are the following: Laura HillIV.,
to J. II. Kissinger x Co, Of Clarksville,
No, Sl,92j; Laura Hill V, 10 E. w. Mil
Ter, Raymond, ILL.,, $1,000; Laura Hill Ill,
to l.. b. Wing, Bemeut, ILL.,, Sl,225; Bride
XN., to S. W. Jacobs, $3.50; Carolina
Cochrane, to j. II. Kissenger X Co, 81, 500;
Lucy Napier, to 5. w. Jacobs, 81, ,45O; Jubi
lee Napier, to A. Z. Kimberly, $1,000.
BullS-Breastplat 1l,43l, to Mrs. kimber-
ly, West Liberty, Iowa, $1,000. The aver
age price Of COWS was Sl,OS5, and Of bulls
3. 2.4jO. J. u. Taylor, Of Decatur, then
sold of from his herd a number Of' cattle,
including Oxford Duchess, to Thomas
Wiudle, Lincoln, Ills, 81 1000; Lauran VI,
of Poplar Farm, TO f. w. Miller, Raymond
His, for 81, ,4j0.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
THE MAN Win lTHE PLEAS.

Paris Correspondence New York Times.
A man has lust died here who has had
his glory, and whose fame has reached the
uttermOst part Of the earth. he was The
colleague Of the man who breaks paving
stones with his fist, and Of the man who
swallows a swOrd-a SCitiWbmqUe or Jug
gler known as "the man with the heas."
Jean Lesillia, rbOHHe Gur pUces, was a
decided character. For many years he ex-
hibited his learned fleas throughout France,
making them DO a number Of astounding
feats. Among other things he marshaled
then, into companies, m3ssing them much
like soldiers, then turned them into horses,
and make them draw a tiny chariot across
a table. Ii was really wonderful to see the
seeming intelligence Of these insects One
day ThOplne Q1lr DliccS was going through
his performance at the Clichy Fair, when a
bic doc rushed up and seized him by the
calf Of the leg. Jean Lesillia had ordered
his feas into their box, and held it i'm his
hand. The nip of the dog at his leg made
him turn i'm his haste, and i'm bis fright
he dropped his box Of tl-as. Their natural
instincts made them jump upon the dog
for safelv and at the same moment their
master gave the dog a vigorous kick, which
sent him bowling away. 1t was not until
ne saw the dog running that he cOmpre-
hended the loss Of his pets. The crowd
began % laugh I'm the heaTtiest manner; but
il was no laughing matter to Jean Lesillia-
His occupation was gone; he had been de-
spoiled in a moment Of his means OF earn
inc his daily bread for himself and chill
dren, and the poor fellow sank down upon
the ground, weeping ike ehtid.
A crowd is always touched by such eX-
hibitions Of feeling, and a subscription
was taken up, which, after all, amounted
TO only one days receipts. What was he,
then, TO do2 Il requi-y a years hard
labor to train a new lot Of Aeas, and Jean
Lesiiia had not the means. When be had
first done 50 he was a single man; now he
was married and the father Of several
Young children. lie turned rag-picker
and during The past winter worked as a
chifOnnier % support his family. But the
life ala not suit him, and chagrin and the
severity Of the season soon brought him to
his grave. He died in his modest garret,
No. II Passage Sainte Marie, and the
children he had Sc handsomely supported
before the loss Ct his Learned ieas are now
objects Of charity.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
INDIAN ORATORY.
Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Refuse TO
Trade for the Black Hills.
Correspondents Chicago. tribune

Correspondence Chicago. Tribune
Two councils were held recently al Red
Cloud and Spotted Tail Agencies, At which
the following head Indians were present:
Spotted Tail, Swift Bear, Two Strike,
Slack Crow, Little Pheasant, Standing Elk,
Red Eagle, No Flesh, Whistling Elk and
Minnec0nyin. The speeches made were
few. the best those Of Red Dog, Spotted
Tail and Red Cloud. They contained
much for Commissioners and white men TO
read thinkingly. The following are ex-
tracts
SPOTTED TAIL.
You called this meeting TO have a small
talk. You, and the ones that came here TO
bring news from the Great Father, want TO
gather money for yourselves. We were
looking for the time when you would come
here, that my country might get larger in
stead of smaller. l have been to see the
Great Father, and he said we would sue
caed in all we undertook. / find the Com
missiOners don't help Us 70 do that. 1Ou
may be one Of the same kind They look
TO their own good, not ours. II they only
came here TO gather money for a short
time, and in little bits, good; but they take
it all at one time, which makes US poorer
and poorer, and now our children starve.
Since last fall our Great Father has sent
one Of his ole men to haTangue in all his
villages, and he had a big council Of his
head men Congress-, and / have expected
bad news ever since, and you have brought
it to US to-day. Ny friend, you come from
the Great Father to talk, and 1t is not solid,
andI don't know what to make Of il. There
Is so much lying and stealing, can't tell
where It begins. l know where il ends.
They keep telling me the appropriations
are too small. Il's lie. They are large
enough. If it came to us without going
through 50 many. ALL have pockets. 1t
wouldn't be so bad If some OF our people
were the Commissioners and Agents; We
would make them have pockets just like
white men.
L want TO 90 to Washington, to talk for
myself abOJH these Black Hills.
RED DOG.
You see all these people, Some are
chiefs, some are head-sOidieTs. They are
all fathers, and they think for their chill
dren. The Great Father governs the whole
world, and he ought 10 give us piece Of
ground to raise our children ON. Iwant to
take lots Of our people 10 Washington, and
some Of the Old white men IN this country.
l went TO Washington twice. l had cnly
two interpreters aud a few people, and We
have been quarreling ever since over the
treaty. This time we will take enough.
RED CLOUD.
think the white men are beginning to
know me. ] am no dog. l am man.
This is my ground, and am sitting on il.
The Great Father has troops all over the
world, and he can keep the white men out
Of my country. The Great Father sends
Commissioners out here to tell the truth,
and they pray God to help them tell the
truth; but they all lie and steal. don't
understand it. When / 90 TO see my
Great Father / see land fenced in. l don't
pass through it, or take anything from il.
want to 90 to Washington tO.settle this
matter for myself.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
TIE ToRACCO PROSPECT.

The ErqnsUiHe Courier makes this
statement upon the strength Of per-
sonal investigation by its reporters:
The tobacco crop IN Southwestern
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, viii be
something more than an average, pro-
vided there is a good season. The
counties of Webster and Union, in
kentucky, have suffered very ma
terial loss IN plants by the re-
cent frosts, but viii have plenty
LETT to make a large stand. Henderson,
Christian. Davies, and Mclean,
in the same State, although in
some neighborhoods the plants have
been frozen out, will probably raise
something over an average crop.
Planters, stimulated by the high prices
which have been paid during the year
lust past, lave made unusual prepara-
tions, and the total acreage made
ready for planting will far exceed that
Of any other year within the memory Of
the Oldest inbabiUant. In fact, the
number of acres which have been up
turned for the purpose of tobacco
planting, is about one-third greater
than ever before.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
FROG EATERS AND HIPPOPHA
EnEVE
Paris Letter to New York Times.


Paris Letter TO New York Times
Very often nv American friends, when
they first come over, ask me where they can
get a good dish Of frogs. Ny answer is
that London is about the nearest place, but
next to that the best place is New orB.
1t is a common idea that the French are
great frog eaters, but the first frog l ever
ate was in New York, then in London, and
1 Lave never seen above two or three dishes
during many yeas residence in Paris.
Some rest taurauts have them, but only
for their English and American clients, as
they asset. so with hippOphagy-we were
under the impression thar the idea was
French. but we find Englishmen claiming
the honor Of having introduced It, OF pro
pagating it, OF getting up the society, and
at the annual dinner of hOTSe-eaters two
thirds of the persons present are English.
Let me add that this meat is not b2d-When
YOU can get nothing else. During the Virgil
MIA campaign Of 1868, / ate very nice
mule-steak, and during the siege Of Paris
ate horse-meaJ every day for some SIX
weeks, but l must say that in normal
times my preferences are decidedly for beef.
Shall / give one reason why? The horse
swgats: the OK does not; and the meat OF
the horse seems impregEated with an OdOr
of perspiration. Ardent hippOphagists,
however, viii say that this is nothing but
prejudice; but with all due Difference to
theirmOTe advanced opinions l viii still say
that incline to beef.