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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-09-07

and turned him out to put in now man, that
was himself turned out because he Was found
! to be s. specializing claim agent. / received q
letter rom q man in this town, telling me that
he had received a letter from that man, and
asking me if it was an honest business he was
in, and it was by means OF that Letter that the
exposure came and he was dismissed. Jap
pause. One Of our old and most trusted
clerks was dismissed and his place filled by an
Ohio editor by the name of Flanagan, man
who was tried by court martial, OF which
Rutherford B. Hayes was President lapplauseI,
for diseouraging enlistments and encouraging
desertion and was convicted and locked
up in Fort Lafayette to work out his term !;
that man that Hayes sent TO the lookup for
his crimes in the War-that man was put uD as
one OF the leading trusted clerks of the Demo-
cratic House of Representatives. And this is
the party of Civil Service reform. Laughter.
And they ask now that all the departments OF
the Government shall be turned over to their
hands to allow them to exhibit still more fully
their doctrines of Civil Service reform.
[Laughter. One of the very first things that
was done by that House, Mr.. Tucker, of Viz
ginia. the Attorney General of the rebel State
of Virginia, the man who admitted on the floor
Of the House that he believed that Virginia
still had the right to stop any
newspaper going through the mails in that
State that they did not Eke-that man
introduced a bill to repeal one Of our laws,
which is this: That no man should ever
be an officer in our army who had been vol
unteer bearer of arms against the Government
in the war. He very early moved for It's re-
peal and the Committee on Military Affairs
reported in it's favor, and the House of Repre-
sentatives passed it. There not being civil
places enough to put the rebels in, they pro-
pose to make places in the army and navy for
those who fought us in the rebellion; and that
was passed by the House of Representatives.
They passed another act to repeal the election
laws by which we proposed to protect the polls
and have free, pure election, and but for the
Senate the law would have been repealed be-
fore now. Wherever they have touched the
service it has been to mar it; to block the
wheels of Government; to get up the
false cry of economy and retrench-
nent; and this is one their meas
ures of retrenchment. The Court of
Claims asks $2000,000 to pay awards and
judgments, just as much the bounden duty of
the Government to pay them as to pay the
public debt They asked $2,000000, and the
Democratic House did not appropriate it, and
they say their economy has saved 1000, 600.
Ii and third to finish the great public build
They must be finished, everybody knows it.
The Democrats appropriated 5000, 900, and
then published to the country that they had
saved 81, 100000. They know very we'll that
that money must be appropriated and that
work finished. It is for the purpose of carry
ing the elections that they make these claims,
and they go out to the country crying reform,
and ask you to support them Tor that reason.
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SEVEN divers employed by a New
Orleans wrecking company were found
by their employer, who couldn't under
stand why the work didn't go on faster,
intensely interested in watching the
movements OF a lot of crabs, on whose
backs they had inscribed the names of
celebrated race-horses, and which they
/ had matched for a series of races.
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HTavhe,s Ride.

y
ndpa had business at the tannery,
ould take the children to ride
e, who had only seen three birth
and Steady, a demure little body
ad arrived at the dignity Of six.
1t Maria willingly wiped the dish
from her hands to tie on their
white sunbonnets, and replace the
S shoes with dainty button boots.
ndma brought fresh rufled aprons,
ANNA wiped four dingy wee hands,
she whispered sundry cautions in
many little ears.
e sure you don't let them fall out, y
mamma.
ndpa smiled. What danger could
be in the old buggy, with the top
d hack to admit the fresh air and
line, and its high padded back and
and dashboard, over which May
4uld just see the tip of Sorrel's
rrel was gentle as q lamb, afraid Of
ing, and yet warranted to pass
y thing on the road. That was
~ the reason grandpa bought him,
grandpa did like to get over the
ind little faster than his neigh
But Sorrel had always proved trust
rthy. Now, as grandpa drew up the
as, he trotted briskly through the
le and whirIed into the street.
Look out, here % said grandpa, as
.ybe tilted over between his knees.
The mother wouldn't ever forgive us if
brought back a bundle of broken
nes."
q And s'posin'," began Steady, grave
9 you did be tipped over, and brak-
your head square off, and went
aight to heaven when God didn't ex-
# you, what would you do?
Dan'pa I wants a little hod-
3se, I do, . said Maybe, to change The
)iect.
"A little hog? Why, that's pig,
. Yeth, a Little pid, Please, dan'pa, a
lie pid."
$ What in the world do you want of a
6 She means a fig, explained Steady,
ting a glimpse of the low, brown
IRE, where grandpa usually treated his
IS. You see you gave us figs before,
d now she just expects it every time !;
It, OF course, you needn't. -
8 Of course not, " said grandpa, sober
refining Sorrel back into the road,
d pretending to drive straight past.
Steady eyed him gravely till the store
IS really left a little behind.
ooh, grandpa, " she suddenly exclaim-
, " do you s'pose gramma has enough
-tseratus?"
:. l declare. I shouldn't It wonder if she
dnt bit I" and around went Sorrel,
ssing his head as if he knew very well
ey ought to have stopped in the first
ace.
A tempting little paper bag was soon
ed securely in Steady's lap, and a
Il crust of sugar and dirt spread
2idly over the rosy cheeks and fat lit
fingers.
:" You may have all that, Maybe, y
3ady remarked at length, passing over
7hole stick of hoarhound candy.
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Indiana Independent State Convention.

The Independents II Indiana held their
Wednesday, Feb. 16 The following plat
form was adopted
THE PLATFORM
We, the Independent people Of Indiana,
being impressed with the necessity Of a unity
Of action 70 secure reform in the admins
tration of the affairs of State, the better to
secure relief TO the toIlIng masses against the
extravaganza and corruptions that have
tered INTO every department Of the Govern
ment. and to secure such radical change Of
the financial policy as shall enure to the bene-
lit II all classes If American citizens alike, DO
hereby make a declaration Of our principles
an invite the cooperation and support Of an
true men.
Frs We demand the immediate and IN
conditional repeal Of the Specie Resumption
act Of Jan. IA, 1875.
.SecOnd-That 1t Is the duty OF the Govern
meut to establish monetary system based
upon the faith resources Of the nation IN
harmony with the genius OF the Government,
and adapted 10 the demands OF Legitimate
business
ThTd-That the circulating notes Of all
National and State banks. as well as all local
currency, should be with drawn from clrcula-
non, and paper money issued by the Gov
eminent in payment Of aud exchange for its
Obligations directly to the people without the
intervention OF any system 81 any banking
corporation
Fourth That such money shall he legal
tender payment Of all debts, public and
privat, duties on imports included, except
that pol6o Of the interest and principal
of the public debt that Is, by the express
AZ he ioxu N maHa Ia Ytt
metallic money, shall be 80 paid this money
to be interchangeable at the option Of the
holders with registered Government bonds
bearing a rate Of enterest not exceeding %
per cent per annuR.
FUth-We demand that the present bonded
debt Of the country be funded as speedily q
possible into registered interchangeable bonds
that shall bear interest at a rate not exceed
ing 3 65 per cent per snnum.
Slrth -That, as the public domain is the
rightful heritage Of the people, 1t should not
be distributed to spectators or corporations
but reserved for actual settlers, and we favor
the giving to each OF the Union soldiers Of the
late ar ltO acres of said land of the public
domain without The provision Of actual occu-
patton.
Serenth We demand and insist upon a
severe retrenchmeht and economy in all
branches Of the public service.
Eighth That, while we RI gard the attempt
to drag the comrlon-school question into the
coming campaign as unnecessary, vet We do
not hesitate to declare 1t as our well-con
sidered opinion that the fund set apart BY the
state for educational purposes should ever re-
nam one and undivided and that no part "
1t should ever be devoted to the maintenance
Of any sectarlan denominational school what.
ever
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Twelve Thousand dollars worth of dried
fish are every month sent from San Fran
cisco to China by the Chinese.
the FIRST steamer entirely laden with
Nova Scotia coal which ever entered Bos-
ton harbor, lately arrived there
The dullness Of trade leads the New
Bedford Mass Mercury to remark Ten
mills make cent-but not any ten mills
in this section.
Western skeptic gravely puts upon
paper the following They say at the
East that business 10 beginning to look up
1t looks like It, the way business men are
going up.
The stocks d pig iron On hand and I'M
sold in the United States at the close of
1879, including stocks IN the hands Of
agents, aggregated abou; zoo, 900 net tons,
against 800, 900 tons a year ago.
Since 1864 the monthly price of petro-
leum at TItusville has fuctuated between
$3.50 and 1913! per barrel, and the
average "f prices has been from g. 70 in
1864 to 81 29In 1874 Fortunes have been
won but few have been kept.
Great Britain has now q Bessem err steel
works, with l05 converters Prussia. IA,
with 81 cnnverters /; Austria. IL, with 80
converters Bavaria, 2, with converters:
Alsace. 1. with 2 convert-rs France, 3,
with % cnnverters and United States, 8.
with rs c1nrertcrs. These figures repre-
sent an aggregate Of g. works, with 247
converters, whose annual productive power
is 2 469, ono tons.
Mr. 5. X kidder. proprietor of valuable
mining claims on Iowa Hill, California,
cmpicyed a Waterman to guard the fumes
At nights. Having an idea that the man
Was not vigllant and that he slept On his
post, Mr.. kidder determined to satisfy
himself and creeping down along tiume
at midnight observations attracted the at
tention Of the Waterman, who promptly
lodged bullet in his brain, producing in
slant death
During the past ten years the people Of
tins country have paid 81 200, 600, 900 in
taxes-ttco millions Of dollars per day! It
Is the load which outweighs all our pros
perlty, absorbs our substance, abstracts the
life blood of trade and depresses industry.
II is upon the basis Of the most reckless
extravaganza and daring expenditure by
the nation the States, counties, cities and
towns, all of whom have been bitten by the
whelp Of wastefulness and are mad. almost
unto rum. The tax-gatherer asks for all
We have and frequently geta more, for it
happens to not less than half the business
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

To Die Editor q the Chicago Times
In your article Of the 18th, you ask
several questions of the greenback men,
without limiting The number of people
whose replies you would consider. For
that reason | will volunteer to answer
You ask, " How do you propose to put the
machinery Of Your system IN motion Z
We propose that the government shall 60
into the market and buy and . per cent.
bonds With greenbacks, paying the market
price for snch bonds, 50 long as the gov
ernment can buy e. advantage As the
note holders could refund their 1reenbacks
into 3 g. bonds at their own option, q Is
could not result ia Initiation. The value
OF the 3 % bonds would compare with the
value of irrcieemabie Ehsi,sh cousols as
follows. as 5 per cent, tthe interest ga an
English cnnsol) Is 20 - per cent 1.-THE Price
Of an English consol). 50 will the rate Of
interest On our bonds b. a. the value 81
our bonds, thus : - so ll4-pro-
vided that the credI, ~ the United States,
AZ home with Americans. Is as good as
EugI 'h credit is among the people Of
Great Britain. ia course uf time. then,
We shall refund the national debt IN low
interest bearing bonds The pledge that
IN no instance should the circulation ex-
coed $500 900, 900, We hold to be \ fraud,
and therefore null and void
To your second question, answer: The
bonds and greenbacks would be ready for
delivery at one and the same time. The
present Wall street hide bound system
would be superseded by the self acting
system. This system would be self-ex-
banding and selt-contrdctlng. The people
would have full control At present, there
being an absolute limit Sthe money market
is ia . chronic state 81 iuclpient corner,
liable az any moment ~ eliminate ia an
actual corner-panic-
Your third Question IS answered in the
nr7t, ami So - your fourth. Your fifth
question Is based upon the bullion sup
position that We mus; have a fixed limit to
the circulation. The only object Of a fixed
limit Is 10 facilitate cornrring the money
market The only advantage II specie
payments, so-cAllcd, Is To limit the cur
reacy III order that i may be coruered
easily. Men Of money and gamblers want
this privilege Of cvfnerlBg the market at
viii such thing would ~ impossible
when anybody could Obtain legal tenders
By surrendsring bonds.
Having answered your qssuun-, ! will
now turn questioner.
|. Can you tell Nha, TIE value ii grain
is when a corner in the part .cnlar gram lIi-
volved IS about to eliminate
2. Having le.rslated corner w gold,
how can you tell what gold will he worth
"a the lst day Il January, 1876. II the
Resumption act is not repealed
3. What does II cost =" produce gold
ii the cost II production is not the
only measure q the value Of gold. what
Isf
When You have answered these questions
as frankly as | have answered yours, |
have plenty OF others to give you, If you
viii be candid enough to publish and con
slider them. A. J. Finch.
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the poor mans body for purposes Of national
defense, it has an equal right to appropriate
the rich mans Accommodations under the same
conditions and in order that srch debts az
that which now Expresses the people, may
never again be entailed upon ourselves and
our posterity.
Nineteenth-To prevent, by all lawful
means, the practice now in vogue Of invoking
the aid of the military whenever OF where
ever the toiling masses refuse to submit To
the arbitrary or unjust demands Of aggregated
wealth or unprincipled employers by which
the men enlisted as the nations defenders be-
come the nations oppressors.
Iwentleth-The establishing by Govern
ment OF just standard Of distribution
to labor and capital, by providing purely
national circulating medium, based on
the faith and resources Of the nation, is
sued directly to the people, without the in
tervention Of any system Of banking corpor-
atoms, which money shall be legal tender
IN the payment Of all debts, public and pri-
vate, and interchangeable at the option of the
holder for registered Government bonds, bear
ing a rate Of interest not to exceed 3 Is 100
per cent, subject to future legislation BY
Congress.
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LABOR ITEMS.

The brakemen Of the Fitchburg Rail
road are to have their wages reducsd from
$40 per month 10 $40.
j. Estey & Co.. cottage organ manufac
turers at Brattleboro, VT, have reduced
the wages Of their wurkmen lOper cent.
Sixteen business failures and assign
ments in one week is the way the contrac-
ton mill grinds in New York city.
Trade iii Providence very dull. A large
number Of needy men are employed by the
city at 81 day Many OF these men are
good mechanics.
Shipbuilding is looking up in New York
and vicinity, the big masters having deter
mined to reopen their yards as a means
Of alternating the intenss suffering among
the unemployed.
The Lehigh Valley shop hands have been
reduced 10 per cent.
Quite a number Of New York aud New
England coal dealers have failed recently
The tailors Of Harrisburg recently re-
sumed work after strike at reduction Of
10 per cent.
The Pittsburgh Commercial says that
recent oil STRIKES" in Bradford County,
Pa. promised to extend the oil area north
ward. Some thirty new wells ave now
going down.
The bricklayers Of Philadelphia have de-
manded 81 90 a day to taae effect April
lst Bucklayers work about 1872 days in
the year, which At 81 per day makes their
total yearly earnings 1928.
Several employees of the United States
Watch Company, at Marion, n. j. ], have
begun suits 10 recover wages due. The
factory at Naltham, Mass, is doing a
moderate business.
During these last three years, wages in
all the trades have been reduced from Ii
to 80 per cent. There Is yet no indication
that wages will soon rise TO he standard
Of midsummer, 1872. In some branches
If industry, it is even feared that further
reductions will be made.
Muskegon, Wis, boasts Of thirty Of the
finest saw mills in tine West, annually
producing $50, $50, 90 feet Of rough lum-
Der, while the city contains Gully four com
paratively small planning mills, and one
sash, door and blind factory; scarcely
more than sufficient "a supply the small
local demand.
There are now eight pin factories in the
United States, which make Al 900. 900 pms
daily. In addition t. these the linpUrta-
tion If pms reach %. 900, 900 daily As
these are easily sold, it is safr to say that
~. OOU, 900 pins are lost daily, % 600 every
minute All the pin factories in the East
ern States are busy.
The production uf California marble is
becoming one az the most important
branches Of industry IN that State, and the
development Of the quarrIes Of Tuolumne
and Suisun is rapidly progressing FROM
the former county, marble Is procured
which successfully rivals that II Italy One
tirm III San Francisco has received during
the past year, over Loo tons FROM the
quarries If thai county alone, besides =
large quantity Of beautifully culored and
vari. gated marble from SuIsun. The pro-
ductl"u 81 the CahN-rnIa guarries has al
ready affected tn market for the ported
articles aud bids faIr I" suppl.tnt It entirely
IN time. The yield nsxt year viii De
greater than this. for the supply Is mex
haustible.
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Consumption Cured.

An old physician retired from active prac-
tice, having had placed in his hands by an
East India Missionary the formula Of simple
Vegetable Remedy, for the speedy and per
manent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis,
Catarrh Asthma. and all Throat ard Lung
Affections, also Positive and Radical Cure
for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Com
plants. after having thoroughly tested its
wonderful curative powers ia thousands Of
cases. feel. 1t his duty to make 1t known to
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo
tive, and conscientious desire 10 relieve
human suffering, he viii send Tree II charyel
to all who desire il, tins recipe, with fuli 81
rections for preparing and successfully using
Sent BY return mail by addressing. with
stamp, naming this paper.
DR.. w. C. STEVENS,
Mnnroe -Blnck SXrasnse. y. y.
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Reciprocity with Canada.

Mr.. Ward of New York, a member Of
the House Committee on Commerce, has
prepared scheme for a tarlif-union, or
zpllverein, as the Germans call it, between
the United States and Canada. The plan
proposed is much more comprehensive than
that Of the old reciprocity treaty, as we I'M
derstand it. A Zollverein between tive
States implies free and unrestricted trade
between them aud a common tariff against
all other countries. Probably Canada
would not be able to unite in such pol
icy without a serious modification Of our
tariff 1t would be IN effect to make Cana
da one of the States of the Union for tariff
purposes, and that who'd be a question on
which the British Government might have
word to say. Mr.. Wards plan is for the
President TO invite the Queen to join in
appointing a Joint commission To inves.i-
gate aud report on the best plan of recip-
rocal intercourse between the United States
and Canada Canada is ready and anxious
for reciprocity, aud it would be a fine thing
for both countries. The President and
Secretary Fish are said to favor it. We
believe that it is as much for the interest
Of this country as tor Canada We have
tried the Chinese wall policy long enough
to find out that it is not good one. If
free trade is All advantage between Massa
chusetts and Illinois 1t must be between
all the StaIes and Canada W. Boston Her
aid.
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There are ,O66 manufactures of iron
lead, gold, silver, brass. tinware. lumber
leather, fabrics. dry goods. liquors. grocer.
les. animal products, etc. in San Francisco,
that pay s27 ,0l2, 1891 for raw material, have
S3l, 1888, 78l invested capital, employ 9.7l3
white men, 1867 women and l. 485 chill
dren, and O,S13 Chinese pay gil. psi 943
wages, produce s63, $50, $50 and export "a
1863, 300 annually. OF the above invest
ments in manufacturing enterprise q. 600, :
900 are in furniture factories, e.. 500. 600
il breweries and distilleries, 81 800, ono in
boot and shoe factories, g, 800, 600 in sugar
makirg, 80, 500, 900 in sash and blind man
ufactories, 81, DOC, 600 in wooden mills and
million each in tanneries, cordage,
lewelry factories, carriage and brass foun-
dries.
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A QUEER CAT SToRY.-A four year old
child. in family named Fleming, in
Middletown, n Y, was taken IL. A doc
tor was called who said the child must
die. An old woman named Morgan, who
had the reputation Of being fortune tel
Ter and clairvoyant, said she could cure
the child She procured black cat, the
nose of which she held i'll the chlld's
mouth for some time, chanting words IL
an unknown language. This lasted but
few seconds, when she put the cat in a
bag and burned it alive. The child has
recovered.
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A large meeting If workingmen was held
at Schenectady, Jan. 18th, and a com
mittee was appointed TO represent to the
Cnmmon Council that a large number (
unemployed workiBgmen were all in actual
want, and to ask the said body to give
them some work, in order that they may
he able to keep themselves and their
families from starvation.
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AUGUSTA, Feb. IS.-The bill to abolish
the death penalty III this State. and sub
stltute Imprisonment, and hard labor for
life has passed the Senate, by vote IL Is
to IL. The measure had previously passed
the House An attempt IT, have the ones
tIou settled by the people at the next cleo
tiun was defeated in the Senate BY vote
of lS t" ~. The opponents Of hanging are
greatly rejoiced.
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Louisville, Feb. I5.-George Webster,
manager II the Kentucky State Lottery.
was found dead this morning in ditch
near his residence, in the surburbs of the
city. His horse and buggy we're near ut
hand, and it possible that he may have
been hicked by the horse intn the ditch and
been drowned.
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community that they are compelled to Dor
row money at high rate Of interest to pay
these assessments. And thus heavy taxa
ton ard exorbitant interest are driving
men to the wall
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stoad Of furnishing four hundred millions
~ free currency to oilers and drones. give
it to US, the producers o. whom the pros
perity ~ this nation depends, to develop
our industries.
G r Smith