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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
The King of DahOmey and His Amazons.

The kingdom of Dahomey is in some
respects one Of the most curious and in
tereresting of all the African principai-
ties. The military strength is not to be
estimated by deducting women and chill
dren from the whole population. The
Amazons of this corner of the world play
very important part IN its military
affairs, and II. unfortunately, we shouldl
be compelled TO goand fetch the powder
and shot which this audacious potentate
has pledged himself to provide for u.s..
King Gelele's female regiments will form
q very interesting subject OF study for
the strong minded representatives of the,
sex in England and elsewhere.
The number of the Anaazohs is some.
what dubious. Duncan speaks of re-
view at Aboine in which 5000 of these
female warriors passed in procession be-
fore him. Skertchley, writing later.
says their number may possibly be A.
600. "They are divided into three
brigades," says the same traveller,
"known as the Kings company, the
right and the left wings. Each of these
has peculiar head-dress by which it
may be known. The Kings brigade
wear the hair shaved a JG turhan, and
bound with narrow fllets, with alligators
of colored cloth sewn on them. The
right wing have their heads shaven,
leaving only solitary tuft or two, while
the left wear their hair Gas paGtwel{e.
Whether these fair warriors have any
choice of regiments we are unable to say.
In some parts of the world there would
perhaps be some little heart-burning
among ladies who were divided into
corps, one of which was permitted to
wear its hair Oh 2eotltreJJe, while another
was required to shave the head. ANA
IONS, however, whose conquests are sup
posed to be of the military order, are
perhaps above the trivialities of personal
adornment. Celibacy is enjoined upon
all, but few who are found to be essen
tial to the happiness OF the King, or are
given in marriage to few of the most
deserving soldiers. London Globe.
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Prussian Chamber Of Peers passed bill
making German the official language through
ont the kingdom. The Polish members were
violent in their opposition to the measure, and
we're several times called to order during the
debate.
The plague is making fearful ravsges in
Asiatic Turkey. Over LOO people died in
Bagdad from the dreadful disease during the
month Of May.
For the purpose of becoming familiar with
the efficient German military system, half a
dozen Chinese officers have arrived in Berlin
and taken service for term in the German
army.
Turkish advices again have warlike tone.
The cable brings reports of horrible atroci-
ties committed by the Turks in Bulgaria. 1t
is represented that thousands of Bulgarians
have been slain and many of their towns and
villages pIundered. These atrocities, it ap-
pears. are the work of irregular troops" Of
Turkey.
A terrible railway disaster is reported from
Spain. resulting IN the death of seventeen per-
sons and the wounding Of thirty-seven.
According to the last news from the Orient,
the difficulty between England and China is
far from q satisfactory adjustment. The
British Minister declines friendly intercourse
with the Picking Government, a body of Eng
lish troops in Burmah, numbering 1000, are
in readiness to cross the frontier at moments
notice, and naval squadron is conveniently
located with a view to possible cooperation.
popular vote of the Durham England
coal mines has decided, 10000 against
10000, in favor of arbitration on the sub
iect of wages. The incident is one of
the most important in the history of
trade disputes in England, and if a strike is
by this means averted, the effect will doubt
less be to greatly increase the popularity CT this
method of adjusting differences between en-
ployers and the employed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
4 Centennial Mail.

A great many schemes have been de-
vised for raising money for all sorts of
purposes in this Centennial year, but
the First Presbyterian church OF Rah-
way, N. j., has devised and is carrying
into execution a plan whereby it is pro-
posed to preserve and transmit through
a period of one hundred years such let
tiers, records, newspapers, etc, as those
of the present generation may wish to
hand down to such of their lineal de-
scendants as may be living on the 4th
day of July, 1876 The plan is to in
close such documents in a copper, then
in lead box, and finally in a granite
vault beneath the cornerstone of the
church. The "postage " on such trans
actions is one dollar for each half ounce
weight, or fractional part thereof. So
that if this Centennial mail is patron
lied the church will make handsome
thing of it.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
POLITICAL POINTS.
U. S. GRANT.
(Signed)

E. H. Rollins (Rep.) has been chosen by the
New Hampshire Legislature to succeed Hon. A.
H. Cragin in the United States Senate.
United States Treasurer New has rendered his
resignation, to take effect July IA.
In the Maine Republican Convention, held at
Bangor last week, Mr.. Blaine was recommended
as the proper successor Of Mr.. Morrill, in the
Senate, and Gov. Connor was nominated for
reelection.
William J. Hoppin has been appointed by the
President Secretary Of Legation at London.
Congressman Sam Randall has been pre-
gented by his fellow Democrats in the House
with a service of solid silver, Interrogation of
his services as Chairman of the Appropriation
Committee
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.
East.
Three men were killed last week by the ex-
pIosion Of a tugboat in New York harbor.

East.
Three men were killed last week by the ex-
pIosion of a tugboat in New York harbor.
West.
The Bay Sugar Refinery, at.San Francisco,
was burned last week. Loss, $3.50, 900.
new grain pest has suddenly appeared
among the fields OF growing grain throughout
Southern and Western Minnesota, in the shape
Of black fly, which seems to work near the
root and draw alI the sustenance from the
stalk. The ravenous course of the insect is
readily traced by little patches distributed
through the fields, which turn yellow, and look
apparently devoid of all life and verdure.
William Alden was executed at Cleveland on
riday, June %, for the murder, in December
last, of his wife, step-daughter and Mrs.
Benton. The murder was one Of the most
cold blooded and brutal on record.
Four men from Hamilton, Ohio, who went
out with the Cincinnati company to the Black
Hills, and who were reported massacred by
Indians arrived at Sioux City last week. They
say the first they heard of the massacre was
after their arrival here, and that at no time,
going in or coming out, had they any trouble
with Indians. They have very little faith in
the Hills as place for man to make for
tune in.
The new directory of Chicago, just issued,
shows that the number Of inhabitants in the
city, according to the accepted rule of esti-
mating, is $50, 1913, gain of 25 172 during the
year.
A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says '<The
prospect for an average crop of wheat in this
section of the West never looked poorer than at
present. In conversation with farmers from
Northern Iowa, Western Wisconsin, Northern
Illinois, and Southern Minnesota, the fact is
developed that the wheat fields are overrun
with chinch bugs and Hessian flies, destroying,
in many instances, the entire crop. Many
farmers will SOW buckwheat III the fields devas-
tated by the insects. Wha5 wheat is growing
looks sickly, and on low lands is drowned out.
Oats and grass look thrifty, but the corn is
sick"
A large batch of Chicago distillers who had
been convicted of defrauding the Government
received their sentences in that city last week.
The punishment awarded ranges all the way
from three months in the county Jail and
81, 900 fac to two years and SIS, 900 fine.
South.
frs at Jackson, Tenn, last week, destroyed
business property valued at over 800, 600.
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the list of crimes for which eStradition may be
asked, and other improvements which expe-
rience has shown might be embodied in a new
treaty.
1t is for the wisdom of Congress 10 deter
mine whether the article of the treaty relating
to extradition is to be any longer regarded as
obligatory on the Government Of the United
States, or as forming part of the supreme law
of the land. Should the attitude of the British
Government remain unchanged I shall not,
without the expression of the wish of Congress
that I should do So take any action either in
making or granting acquisitions for the sur
render of fugitive criminals under the treaty of
1842. Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) U. 5. GRANT.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29

The President Officially Announces the
Abrogation of the Extradition Treaty
with Great Britain.

The President Officially Announces the
Abroeation of the Extradition Treaty
with Great Britain.
President Grant last week sent TO Con-
eress message respecting the extradi-
ton treaty with Great Britain. After
stating at length the provisions Of the
treaty, and criticising the action taken
by the British Government in the Wins
low and Brent cases, the President says
It is with extreme regret that am now called
unon to announce to you that Her Majesty's
Government has finally released both OF these
fugitives, Winslow and Brent, and set them at
liberty, thus emitting to comply with the pro-
visions and requirements or the treaty under
which extradition of fugitive criminals is made
between the two Governments. The position
thus taken by the British Government, II ad-
hered to, cannot but be regarded as the abro-
cation and annulment of the article Of the
treaty on eXtraditirn. Under these clrcum-
stances, it will not, in my judgment, COM
port with the dignity or self-respect OF THIS
Government to make demands upon that
Government for the surrender Of fugi-
tive criminals, nor to entertain any
reouisition of that character from that Gov
eminent under the treaty. It will be a cause
of deep regret if treaty which has been thus
beneficial in its practical operations which mas
worked so well and SO efficiently, and which,
time violent political disturbances of which
both countries have been the scene during its
existence, has given rise to no complaints ON
the part of either Government against either
its spirit or it's provisions, should be abruptly
terminated. 1t has tended TO the protection OF
society," and to the general interests of both
countries. It's violation or annulment would
be retrograde step in international inter
course. I have been anxious, and have made
efforts to enlarge its scope, and to make a new
treaty which would be a still more efficient
agent for the punishment and prevention OF
crime; at the same time have felt 1t my duty
to decline to entertain proposition made by
Great Britain, pending its refusal to execute the
existing treaty to amend it by practically con
ceding by treaty the identical conditions which
that Government demands under its act of
Parliament.
In addition to the impossibility of the United
states entering upon negotiations under the
menace of an intended violation or refusal to
execute the terms of an existing, treaty,
deemed it inadvisable to treat OF only the one
amendment proposed by Great Britain, while
tho Tinted States desires an enlargement OF
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The President has appointed James A. VIII
hanson, of Iowa, Commissioner Of the General
Land Office.
The action of the Senate in the impeachment
case of Gen. Belknap indicates pretty clearly
that the adjournment of Congress is yet far IN
the future, the contingency being that the
session, with short recess, may last all sum
mer. The Senate has decided to go on with
the trial on the 9Th of July, and that it would
be illegal to proceed during the recess of Con-
gress. In other words, it decides that it can
not proceed except in the presence of the
House. The proposition to postpone the trial
until next fall was voted down by a very large
majority and as the House cannot adjourn
without the consent of the Senate, both
branches of Congress will be held at the
National Capital until the tedious trial is
brought to an end.
The manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company at Philadelphia was before the
Judiciary Committee the other day, and pro-
duced, under protest, the original dispatch
sent to Caldwell, in London, telling him to
telegraph to the committee an exculpation of
Mr.. Blaine. The dispatch was without
signature, and the gentleman who brought it to
the Office and paid the charges, $57.72, in reply
to the request of one of the clerks to leave his
address, said it was not necessary, and smiling
" left the name Of "John Smith, Col. Tom
Scott was examined, and denied the authorship
of the telegram.
The President has appointed Hon. Lot NJ.
Morrill, to succeeded MIR. Bristow as Secretary of
the Treasury.
ir oalriY1oy bis lost baaTSb of +hn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

national congress of lawyers was held IN
Philadelphia last week. William F. Slocpmb
Of Boston, presided.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has reduced
the fare between Chicago and Philadelphia to
511.4O.
Mr. Blaine has been offered 81, 600 week to
lecture during the summer. 1t is doubtful II
Mr.. B. finds himself able, if he felt SO inclined.
to mount the lecture platform for some time to
come. A Washington dispatch informs us that
he is suffering from extreme nervous exhaus-
ton and severe malarial poisoning, and his
physicians have prescribed absolute rest for
several weeks as the indispensable condition OF
averting very serious consequences.
Plymouth Church has reduced Henry Ward.
Beechers salary to $4,000 year.
James G. Reed former confidential clerk to
Josiah Caldwell has acknowledged the author
ship of the dispatch to that gentleman, asking
him to cable an exculpation of Mr.. Blaine
Mr.. Pierrepont our new Minister to the
Court of st. James, has sailed for England.
Gen. Sherman in speaking of the situation
in the Indian country states that the attack of
the Sioux upon Gen. Clusters command ind1-
Gates that those Indians are determined in
their warlike operations. He says that for
bearance has ceased to be virtue towards these
Indians, and only a severe and persistent chas-
tisement will bring them to due sense of sub
mission. The General says nothing can now
be done with them but to fight them till they
consent to live on their reservation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
Almonds in California.

Some of the farmers Of SonoRaa valley
are experimenting with almonds, with
every prospect of ultimate success. One
man has $500 almond trees, which are
now three years old, and have bloomed
this season. The vicinity where the
trees are planted is favorable to the
growth of the almond, being free from
frost. and on the hillside. It is to be.
hoped that experiments with this very
profitable tree will be made in other Sec
tions.-iSa2a Francisco Chronicle.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29

possible that they can make so fne fabric into
shawls. Here are also very fine laces and Shet-
land shawls from Scotland. From the School
of Art in England we have embroidering on
linen, silk, velvet, and transfer work, applique
in all its forms, modern and antique. The for
eign exhibits comprise articles of every de-
sciiption needlework from the Philippine
Islands, pressed flowers from Norway. enbro-
dered napkins, table covers and curtain mate
rial-for which there is great demand-from
Sweden and all are exceedingly beautiful. So are
the Japanese exhibits from their oddly and eX-
quisite workmanship. But [ cannot do justice
to the foreign exhibits in this letter. designed
simply to give pen portrait of the articles III
the Womens department, showing what has
been, and may be done by the women of this
country. In justice, should also state. that
it was at late day. and after they had con-
tributed largely tothe General Exposition, that
the women conceived the idea of having sepa-
rate department. So that this is not a fair ex-
hibit of what they have done or might have
done. But enough has been done in this de-
partment to show their capacity, and to open
the eyes of doubters and unbelievers to a new
revelation. Woman Ia improvement is the worlds
advancement, wornans success is the worlds
gain, and when women can stand on platform
of equal opportunities with men in all the ayo-
cations of life, for which their tastes habits
and qualifications fit them, the greatest reform
of the centuries will be accomplished.
ADVERTISING.
The exhibitors in this Exposition-aQ anx-
ious to make their wares known to the public
patronize circulars and the thousand-and-onc
deadhead schemes for getting. something for
nothing. OF course, large part OF this money
is wasted. Now, if these exhibitors would re-
member that the people who buy their goods
always read the IUe newspapers, while circu-
lars and free publications are generally thrown
into the waste basket, without being read,
they would make known their business through
the newspapers. M. b.
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Mr.. GEORGE W. WRITTEN, an eccen-

Mr.. GEORGE W. WRITTEN, an eccen-
trio man about seventy years old, went
to Biddeford, Me-, recently, on horse
back, in the military attire OF the tune
when he was young man, and took
part in the trainings of those days.
Some boys threw stones at the horse,
and Mr.. Written was thrown to the
ground, receiving injuries from which
he died soon after.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29
Salt Lake Rising.

A correspondent of the Salt Lake.
Herald, speaking Of the recent report
that the Great Salt Lake is rising, gives
the result of his observations Of the
fluctuations of the water. A monument
was put into the lake last September,
and since that time it is found that the
water Of the lake has risen fourteen
inches. In one place, where the pio
neers walked over dry shod on a reef of
rocks twenty-six years ago, the depth Of
the water is from eight to eleven feet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29

A CASE which should prove warning
to mothers employing suspicious girls
to take care Of their children has oc-
Cured in New York. A girl named
Augusta Kassen, aged nineteen, having
taken poison and believing herself to be
dying, confessed to having poisoned
with oxalic acid little child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Heyne, of 80 Third avenue. The
child had died apparently from natural
causes and been buried. The motive
was simply revenge for threatened dis
charge from employment.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-06-29

IF you'd look spruce in your old age,
don't pine in your youth.
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THE; LOST CAUSE.

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1876-02-18

A MAGNIFICENT picture 1iSl9
.IAinches in size, printed on heavy plate
paper, beautiful in design and artistic III
execution. 1t represents Confederate
soldier aftcrthc war returning to his home.
when he finds lonely and dcsolate. In
front of the ruined cottage, telling sad
tale of the miscrics of war, are two graves
with rude crosses, OH one of which some
friendly hand has hung a garland To the
right the calm river and the rising moon
indicate peace and rest. The stars seen
Though the trees, represent the Southern
Cross. 1t is a picture that will touch every
Southern heart and should find place in
every Southern home. Sent 10y mail aud
mounted on roller post paid on receipt
Of rs cents. or for 60 cents. Address
JOHN BURROW ! Co., Pubs.
Bristol, Tenn.
cB" Agents wanted everywhere 10 sell
our cheap and popular pictures. SIS TO
$40 per day easily made. No money re.
quired until pictures are sold Send stamp
for catalogue and terms. [febl9.u
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TOWN AND COUNTY.
-e,a
WHAT HAPPENS AROUND US.
If YOii Want Bills of Any
Kind Printed, Call ut this Or
flee, We know how to do them
CHEAP and Neat.

NorrcE.-Bills for the following sales
have been printed at this office, to which
VIC call attention:
Saturday, February 90, Mrs. Martha
Eylcr. on the road leading from Emmits
bnrr to Sabillasville, valuable Dwelling
House and household furniture. Sale at
10 o'clock, A. NJ. .."-
On Thursday, March I'd, Emanuel War
ncr, on Castle farm "a miles south of Crea-
rerstown, horses, cattle, hogs, farming uten-
.sils and other articles Sale at o'clock.
Saturday, Feb. 90, N. F. Biggs, on the
,nrnpike near this town, horses, cattle,
hogs, SC. Also, small farm containing
% acres. Sale at O'clock.
Saturday, Feb. 10, Mr.. A. F. Orndorf,
agent of Hon. Chas. B. Roberts, at the
Gilbert House in Mcchanicstown, o house
and lot. Sale at ? o'clock, p. III.
A. SCENTS offers at private sale valu.
able farm containing 1856 acres, near Keys
vile, Carroll county, on which is a grist
md saw mill built by Maj Jacob Sheets, a
ro1dier of the Revolution. Terms easy.
saty trsax,,. 1iiil1u a6S Jncoh w Keller, liv-
ing ON tic road from Double Pipe Greek to
Woodsbords,, horses; colt, COWS, sc. Sale
at o'clocks.,,,'@ :. -.@' -.
Monday, Feb. 2s, John r, Ot:, living I ]
miles cast Of Rocky Ridge, mules, COWS,
farming. implements. etc. Sale at so'clock.
Saturday, Feb. 90, Hiram Arthur, at his
store in Meehapicstown, Flour, Feed, Gro
ceries, Fish,. Salt, Bacon, &c, Sale at one
o'clock t.
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PUBLIC SALE
or
VALUABLE PROPERTY,

p1 virtue of power Of sale contained
Din a mortgage executed by William
Clrich and Francis r. Ulrich, I will sell at
public sale at the Western Maryland Hd.
tel in EmmitsburS
On 'sttEsraay, February 70, 1876,
a HOUSE AND LOT,
known and designated On plot of Llnnii.-
burg as part of lot No. o., also, one lot
containing Zig acres of land in the cur
poration of Emmitsburg.
TERMS.-Onc-halt cash and the re-
maiudcr in six months.
CATHARINE LILLY.
DAVID AGSEw, Agent. decl1ts
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AT 9 O'CLOCK r. NJ,
A HOUSE AND L0T,'

situated in Mccllanicstown, fronting op
the street in said town or on the pike run
ming from Frederick to Emmistsburg, ad-
Joining the Lutheran church and the prop
er,y of G. NJ. Zimmerman, fronting on
said street forty feet more Or less. The
house is two stories high with back build
ing attached, and is very desirable prop
ertv. 1t is at present occupied by Charles
Z. Casscll, Esq, who resides in it.
TERMS of sale as prescribed by tho de
cIec.--The whole purchase money to be
paid in cash on the day of SALE or on tho
ratification thereof by the Court. \ good
deed will be given when the purchase
money is fully paid.
G. V. S. LEVY,
fcL1S-ts Trustee.
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I M z 0 RI A N r. NOTICE
TO
Tax~RayeIS Of 1875.

Ali persons indebted to me for Taxes,
will please take notice that am now about
to close up my collections. My term of
office Is about to expire, and / must close
up my books, and in order to 10 so, am
compelled to collect all back taxes as we'll
as those for the last year, and If those who
delay the payment of the same suffer, they
ought not 10 blame me; | Only stand bo-
tween the Tax Payer and the creditors of
the county as agent, and cannot pay the
county .int.ebtness until first co iec! the
Taxes. This am Obliged to do by Law if
YOU ID not attend to il in time,
:. GEORGE ". MILLER,
few | Nv Tax tulIrrt. r
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PUBLIC SALE!

10y virtue of two DEGREES OF the Circuit
DCourt for Frederick County, the I'M
dersigllcd as trustee will sell at public sale,
in Mcchanicstown, in front of the premises
On Saturday, Marcel, 4, 1879,