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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17

iron, valuable, perhaps, to curiosity
dealer, but more than dangerous to their
owners as weapons of offense; there
were no cartridges, nothing, indeed, TO
indicate that they had been used for
century; but their proprietors were car
RED before the local governor, and when
they were released they returned to find
their wives and daughters in the slave
market, the adjoining Turkish villages
and Plevano heap of smoldering ashes.
so 1t is all over the country everywhere
history OF rape and massacre, but not
everywhere unresisted and unavenged.
At Yamboli, fine town on the river
fonda, the Kaimacam demanded the
surrender of every species of weapon In
the possession of the inhabitants. These
declined, and attacked the escort, which
they drove away in disorder. On the
following day back came the Ksimacanl,
but this time he had with him two bat
tallons OF Redifs and a section of artil-
lery. The fight lasted six hours men,
women, aud children took part in the
affray, but at last undisciplined, unor-
gained valor yielded, and the entire
population fled to the Balkans, leaving
behind them homes and property. The
Christians of the Sanjak of Belovar were
ordered by their Governor, one Hassan
Pasha, to pay over 100000 of piastres
within four and-twenty hours. But they
had already been drained of everything
and they humbly represented their utter
inability to obey, whereupon the troops
marched into the village and confscated,
In the name of the government, every
sheep, COW aud horse on which they
could lay hands. But I could multiply
by hundreds well-authenticated instances
of atrocities which cry aloud to heaven
for vengeance, and at whose details the
heart sickens with horror.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17

the women workers making the most
money were burnishers, who earned SIT
a week; telegraphers, SIS; compost
tors, $18s skilled lace sewers, $12; ma
chine operators, $12 hairdressers. SO.
There are comparatively few women en-
gagged in these occupations, and those
earning the above wages were the most
skilled of their number.
Nearly all the labor of women is per-
formed by the piece, consequently the
amount of money they can earn depends
solely upon their capacity, natural apti-
tude, and physical endurance. For in
stance, there are few women who can
earn more than 81 week working but
ton-holes, while the majority would be.
able to earn So, and an exceptional one
SIS. The same remarks hold good In.
reference to women In the other occupa-
tons mentioned.
For many years the female "help +"
have had things their own way, and up
to 1874 wages steadily advanced, until
few girls were willing to live out for less
than $14 month. and many asked SIG
and even $18. Enforced economy, how
ever, compelled many families to reduce
the number of servants, and in many
instances housekeepers are doing the
work themselves. The intelligence Of
fees are now crowded with women and
girls seeking situations, and who are
willing to hire out for SO to $12 a
month. Good cooks are most in de-
mand, and those obtain the highest rate
of wages.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

Speaker Kerrs condition is such as to alarm
his friends, and it is now believed he will not
survive. A dispatch received from him from
Rock Bridge, ALUM spring, says: II ANA much
worse. and hope is growing weaker
The British colony of Vancouver's Island, on
the Northwestern Pacific coast, demands more
equitable rights of representation, threaten
ing, if these be not accorded, the alternative of
secession from the Dominion of Canada. The
present visit of Lord Dufferin to that region
and British Columbia has reference to this con-
troversy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
The School Amendment.

The following is the substitute for
the House joint resolution proposing
an amendment to the constitution con-
corning religion and common schools,
agreed upon and reported by tine Senate
Judiciary Committee:
EesolUed, By the Senate and III use of Rep,
resentatives, two-thiras of each house concur
ring therein, that the following article be
proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the constitution Of
the United States, which, when ratified by
three-fourths of said Legislatures, shall be-
valid as a part of said constitution.
ART. 16. No State shall make any law re-
specting an establishment of religion or pro-
hibiting the free exercise thereof and ne
religious test shall be required as qualitica-
ton to any Office of public trust under any
State No public property, and no public
revenue, nor any loan OF credit, by or under
the authority OF the United States, or any
State, Territory, district, OF municipal corpo-
iation, shall be appropriated to- or made. or
used for the support of any school, educa-
tional or other institution under the control of
any religious Or anti-religious sect organ1Za-
ton or denomination, or WheIein the p8rtlcu-
lar creed or tenets of any religious or anti
religious sect, organization, or denomination,
shall be taught and no such particular creed
or tenets shall be read or taught in any school
or institution supported in whole, or in part,
by such revenue or loan of credit; and no
such appropriation or loan of credit shall be
made to any religious or auti-religious sect.
organization, or denomination, or to promote
it's interests or tenets. This article shall not
be construed to prohibit the reading OF the
bible in any school or institution, and it shall
not have the effect to impair the rights Of
property already vested.
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power, by ap-
propriate legislation, to provide for the pre-
vention and punishment OF violations of this
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
BARBAROUS TURKS.
Their Dreadful Atrocities in ulgaria-
Sufferings of the Prosecuted People.

Their Dreadful Atrocities IN BuI gaf1a-
Sufferings of the Prosecuted People.
belgrade Correspondence New York Times.1
The poor Bulgarians are the greatest
sufferers. They had been promised arms
and money by Servia, and now neither
are forthcoming. The peasants rose EN-
masse, were abandoned for some unex-
planned reason by their neighbors, and
are paying the penalty of their credulity.
Despite the assertions of the British
Premier, supported by the official re-
ports of British Consular agents, the
sufferings of this poor people are most
terrible, and the atrocities perpetrated
py the regular and irregular Turkish
soldiery are unparalleled in the history
of modern times. I have been at some
trouble to ascertain the truth in this
matter, and I believe the statement to
be not at all exaggerated that 46, 600
human beings, of all ages and both
sexes, have been massacred ip the pro
vinces of Bulgaria, Macedonia, and
Epirus since the LIST of January, 1876.
Orders have been received from Con-
stantnople to search out and punish the
authors of these wholesale murders, but
it is difficult to do either when SO many
of ever rank are implicated. Here, as
elsewhere in the provinces, the Porte,
though animated with excellent inten-
tons, is powerless to protect the Ra-
iahs, to whom not even table-knives
are permitted for their own defense.
Orders. came from the Minister of War
to seize all arms, and upon this pretext
the Tartars and Clrcassians coniscate
every description of property which
comes to hand. At Pievno were found
thirty-fve old guns, pieces of rusty
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
DECLINE OF WAGES.
What Workingmen and Women Receive
General Reduction of from Ten to Twenty
per cent.--Eftect Upon Trade Organiza-


General Reduction of from Ten to Twenty
per cent.--Eftect Upon Trade Organiza-
tions.
From the New York Tribune.l
The hard times and lack of employ
ment have materially affected the trade
societies. A few years ago employers
were practically at the mercy of these
organizations, and man who did not
belong to society was an outcast, un-
able to obtain living. Every union ar
ranged rate of wages, and no member
was allowed to work below it. During
the past year, however, with thousands
of men begging for work, no man could
stand out for the rate of wages estab-
lished by trade union. Workingmen
have made the best terms they could,
and the result is that a great number of
trade organizations have gone out of ex-
istence, for the reason that the members
could not pay dues, and keep their club
rooms and machinery of a union in oper-
alton. The following table will show
the changes that have occurred since
1870 in the payment of workingmen in
MANY branches of trade:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East

The cattle market in New York City is re-
ported to be in worse condition for the selling
interest than at any previous time since the
breaking out of the great rebellion.
The Philadelphia Exposition opened on the
10th of May. From that time up to the 10th of
August-three months-the total admissions
were 2. $50. OOO The total cash receipts at the
gates we're $965,8O0. There was also other
sources, making an aggregate OF more than
million dollars received into the treasury DUR
ing the three months.
The laboring men of New York city have
nominated James Gordon Bennett for Mayor.
West.
Adyices from the Big Horn expedition to
Ang. 4. state that Gen. Merritt, at the head
of the Fifth cavalry, had effected junction
with Gen. Crooks division. The columns thus
reinforced numbered 2, 100 fighting men, and
had commenced a movement in the direction
of Tongue river. Gen. Terry had not been
heard from for nearly month. He has about
1000 men in his command. This makes about
1000 men now in the field against Sitting Bull.
The Chicago Telegraph, an evening edition
of the Times, has suspended publication. 1t
lived exactly eight weeks.
William Hicock, otherwise known as Wild
Bill, q scout of considerable renown IN the
West, was recently shot and instantly killed at
Deadwood City, Black Hills, by gambler
named Bill Sutherland.
south
Grave fears are entertainedof arising OF the
southern Indians in Texas, some 1900 or 5000
If whom are camped upon the northern fork
of the Red river, not far from Fort Elliott.
These savages are well-armed, and at last &C
counts we're making preparations for going
upon the war-path.
Continuous rains have seriously injured the
cotton crop in some sections Of the South.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
Quick Time.

In Missouri, recently, q trial was made.
to ascertain the time in which bread
could be made from wheat standing in
the field, and with the following aston
ishing result, commencing at l minute
after 3 o'clock, and finishing at IL min
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17

The corn crop is reported in flattering con
dition. ~ls a. rioters bava.baan
The HAMBURG Leu
to bail in s., 900 eacn.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17

This is an unfortunate season for cir
cuses, and several of the largest travel
ling concerns have become bankrupt.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-08-17
FOrArunnerS.

edo you believe in forerunners ~
asked nervous lady of old Deacon l..
eyes, ma'am," replied the deacon;
"I've seen them" "Bless me !, ex-
claimed the lady; "do tell" Yes,
continued the deacon, fixing his eyes
with solemn stare on dark corner of
the rooms "I see one qaoaU!" "Mercy
mercy on me! p shrieked the lady;
'where?" "There! there !" said the
deacon, pointing to where his eyes were
directed. "That cat, ma'am, may be
called a forerunner, for she runs on all
fours."
The "'76 stone house" at Tappan,
which was village tavern at the time of
the capture of Maj. Andre, and in which
he was imprisoned until he was hanged,
is fast crumbling. The wooden piazza
is so decayed as to be unsafe to step
upon. The room where Andre was con-
fined remains the same as when occupied
bv him.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

How 1T WAS RECEIVED AT WELLS
BURG.-In speaking of the elections, the
Wellsburg Herald, Radical, thus says OF
the receipt of the news there: Our
friend Turner of the County Court got
terribly excited Wednesday morning
over the ROSTERS in the REGISTER, and 1t
is said that the gyrations..and summer
saults he performed in tie exhumber-
ance of his delight, would have done no
discredit to u circus. The more sedate
and cooler OF his fellow reio-mers sus-
pecting that his head was turned with
much knowledge or something else; rather
gave the cold shoulder TO his rlotous
demonstrations, and it was well enough
they did; for toward evening quieter
and more doCile set were never seen as
the reaction set in. The sponsibilitN
of the morning escapade hes, accord
ing to the best authorities, between the
clerk referred to and Campbell of the
MtelLigenc.y, and if we did not know
that that the latter was strictly tenn
perate, we would conclude that his A.
NJ. editorial Of that morning, had been
drinking"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11
RIVER AEWS.

,,, ,
Inc niarNs ~ inc lahuihg last eYeains
showed 6 feet in the channel
The Hudson arrived ye.,.,t,, u,,.
=, 49,. INV I"
'"s ''on N"'''' "H' VIII 'e'afa 10
day.
The Fanchon, en- .oute for Pittsburgh
is due TODAY.
~. p...,,oo, p.l
w. 'O4s va
terday.
Inc fhaetoh' uiloert Market by AZ
O'Neil are making regular trip,
Tina Courier il the p.rksnhur, nah.
'o'u"S'
" hA''"''''' h'''! "O0'' % f"'
ourgh' reports the receipts and eiPend
lures of the Southside wharf for The pa,
month 49, foIlows. Rsc.ir,, ,I50.
'''"'" ~ 49,, ''''
pcuu''u'e'' S''''"'
ClNCisSAri' Nove"iVor s'-h',T "
ieet ana ia,i'nS' "'S'ne' 'Sr' ana COO
Afrived-hn,'na u'Hnan' i"SV4's1'
Urge n.rgie h S.' n Am INV; r t''' ~ 'uI" =
49, - n.n.,,ag 49,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

AN OLD BoAT.-A ST, Louis paper
gives this "Reminiscences of the old Mes
senger, we'll known in this city in years
gone by, as an old Pittsburgh and Louis
vile packet: 1T is long time since
the Ohio river boat Messenger WIS built
at Pittsburgh for Captain NJ. MlIlingcr,
formerly OF the Oakland and Chicago,
but many readers of this journal will re-
member her fast and successful trips.
She was built for the Pittsburgh and
Louisville trade, and cost $24 900. She
was l54 feet long % feet beam, . feet )
inches deep; cylinders 20 inches diane
ter, 5 feet stroke. Her freight capacity
was 500 tons. She was al elegant and
fast boat, and stern-wheelcr. These
were her officers, in addition TO the cap
tain, when she came out: {. l.. Breu-
non and John Gallagher, clerks; james
G. Caldwell and Baker Reynolds, engl-
neers; Alfred Moore, from Beaver, and
Wash. Carr, from lronton; Zeb. Barnett
mate; VIM. Eyster, stewart"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

THE OPERA HoUsE-Duprez and
acknowledgements, this we'll known
minstrel company will appear at this
popular place of amusement in ono OF
their unusually fine entertainments.
Messrs. Duprez and Benedict are we'll
known here, and their company always
draws large audiences, being well at
tended by ladies. The company is OF the
more refined in the minstrel line, and the
gags of the burnt cork artists are new
and original, ard wlthal of the kind that
will not offend the most iastidious'
Tickets can be secured at Adams X
Lucas music store without extra charge
for reserved seats, but rs cents extra will
bo charged if tickets are purchased at the
door. Secure seats during the day.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

WoMkN AND PoLITICs. - Having
always been an admirer of the ladies from
our infancy, it is with deep regret that
we now oppose their rights to suffrage.
The cause of this change of ideas politi-
cal, is expressed in a few words; Last
evening at the calico hop given by the
Centennial Social, a charming young
married lady and her husband were in
attendance, and between dances the talk
naturally turned to politics. In the
course of the conversation, the young
lady inquired of her husband;
"Abigsl, love, how many Votes does
Mr.. Tilden lack ofbeing elected|
ale requires one more vote, my dear,
he now having 1874, and it requires $50
to elect" said the gentleman.
snow, Abigail, you see what you have
DONE" replied the lady, 81 wanted you
to vote ever so bad, ana you wouldn't do
it-you-yeu bad boy you-and now
you see what anxiety you are causing the
people; even mJre than ..Mr. Tllden or
Mr.. Hayes. 1t grieves me to think how
YOU could have voted and spared them
this suspense"
This settled 1t, and more people than
one held up their hands in horror, and
protested against women being admitted
to the right of suffrage, as their political
education was not sufficient to warrant
such measures.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

PgRsoNALIA.-Mr. A. G.. Stalnaker,
Of Writ Court House, is in the city. He
returns home TO day.
Mr.. w. II. Hennegan, of Baltimore, is
in the city. lie is en- route for the
East.
In speaking of Judge Melvin, the
Panhandle Ne,0s says: at WAS ex-
tremely kind on the part OF Judge Mel
vim, of Wheeling, to hold night court
the evening before election, to enable
parties desiring to be naturalized, an
opportunity of obtaining their papers"
The Rev. II. Cray Will preach at
Ebenezer Church, Cross Creek, on the
third Sabbath in November.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11
Letter nom Governor Kellogg.
New OBLsAEs, November lO.-Ihs
following was published tonight;
STATE OF LoUIsIAHA,
Exrn1rr1YI DEPARTMENT.

NEW OBLEAES, November lV.-AHe
following was published tonight:
STATE OF LoUIsIANA,
ErEcuTIvI DEPARTMENT,
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1876. J I
To the Editor of tie Peayusne:
In YOUR mornings issue Of this date
read with surprise the following stale
ment:
dispatches were exchanged last night
by Kellogg and Chamberlain, ana also
by Kellogg and Senator Conoyer, haoi-
cal, of Florida. The Chamberlain cor,
respondence amounted TO this: i Will
carry South Carolina for Hayes II you
carry louisiana The Governors OF
Louisiana and of South Carolina, when
it was thought that the election OF lliden
depended on those States, entered INTO
mutual agreement to return their states
for Hayes by any means.
The above contains grave charge ana
seems to have been made with deLioera-
ton. 1t is every word untrue: l nave
sent no dispatch to Gov. Chsmoe OF
to Senator Couov,r; have received no
dispatches from them; l have neither
written nor telegraphed to the gentlemen
named. nor TO any other person IN South
Carolina nor Florida, during the past SIX
months; nor have l received
either letter or telegram from
them or from any one else IN the
States besring Oh the election. Much
more is said in the same issue OF the
Pieaulne in regard to myself ana the
Returning Board. l do not appoint
members of that board. l am not res
ponsible to them Tor my action, nor are
they to me. Except that my name
has been placed on the Republican
ticket as Presidential elector, L am
not a candidate for any ot1ce AZ
this election. l have endeavored 10 De
fair and Just in the discharge OF my
official duties, and l think the record
will show that l have been so. 90
claim the right, however, as an Amer
can citizen TO express my opinion
have SAID, and repeat it, that the ma
iorities claimed BY the Democrats lnthe
heavy Republican parishes OF ouschila
and East and West Felicians have not
been fairly obtained The registered
vote of these parishes is: white, 2,lO3'
black, $3.50, and these parishes gave me
n majority for Governor in 1872 of 1922
Even according to the count of the R',
publican candidate in 1874, majority ol
1921, as conceded by the Democratic
State Committee. They are said to have
gone Democratic this year by over 3, 0Oo
majority, whilst in nearly every other
nsrish of the state the colored vote has
been cast solidly for the Republican
ticket, and the Republicans have gained
largely. assert, and the proofs when
cannot be hidden will abundantly Dear
out the assertion, that this change has
been affected by systematic course oi
intimidation, violence and murder, dis
graceful to the state and to civilization
Very respectfully, your obedient servant
w. 2. KELLOGG.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11
The Influence OF Malaria Counter
acted.

That the harmful influence upon the
human system Of malaria may be effectu-
ally counteracted has been demonstrated
for years past by the protection afforded
the inhabitants OF vast misunderstanding
districts in North and South America,
Guatemala, Mexico and the West Indies,
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. Used as
a preventive, they have Invariably been
found TO be most reliable safeguard
against chills and fever, bilious remit
tents, and still more malignant types OF
malarious disease, and when employed as
a remedy have always proved adequacy TO
the task OF eradicating such maladies from
the system. For disorders OF th stomach,
liver and bowels, which in hot climates
and miasmatic localities are particularly
rife, the Bitters are prompt and thorough
remedy. They also strengthen the system,
tranquilize the nerves. promote digestion
and sound sleep, and impsrt unwonted
relish for food.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11

The case OF the State
vs.. Michael Colley, charged with assault
and battery on complaint of r. d. Walsh,
and of the State vs. K. ID. Walsh, charged
with breach of the peace, on complaint
of Michael ColIey, came up be-
fore Justice OKeefe yesterday, but the
parties compromised the matter and
their differences were amicably adjusted
The case of Jacob Landfrled VS.. Richard
Porter, before Squire Caldwell, was also
compromised. and the charge against
Porter withdrawn.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-11
THREE DAYS AFTER.
TIE Excitement UuabaIsd-A Ia
tigued but Enthusiastic
People.

The enthusiasm ov"- the results con-
tinues undated, aud At ,l.4 writing, II
o'clock A. NJ. the streets are filled with
people, and shouts of "Tilden, Hendricks
and Reform" greet our ears with inde-
scribable pleasure. Yesterday was "Dem-
ocraiic day." and the "boys,' when they
get loose from home, are not to be out
done by their Republican brethren, and
can sing as long and loud as the opPo-
sition if anything turns up in their
favor to cause them to sing. All day
Yesterday the returns were IN favor OF
Tilden, and last night they were little
more so. Indeed so strong are
the symptoms that our government
| has been turned over to the Democracy,
that at half.past ten o'clock last hight
the MteLtigsnccr 'doused its glimsi" if we
may be allowed the expression: shut Its
/ doors. and the head centre retired to his
/ sanctunl sanctoriInl, whatever that is, to
read returns announcing that con-
| tinuation had been distanced IN
! the race for honors Presidential,
and that the Democratic mercury was
rising fast, reaching fever heat in sshort
time. Although the excitement early
in the evening was fully as great as
that W hich prevailed the previous day
it was not so lasting. The people are
too much fatlgued with the days OF
anxious and patient watching to continue
without rest. Notwithstanding the
fact that the air is no"
resounding with their shouts the
prospects are that they will succumb tc
nature, and an all nights siege will moi
take place. At the Democratic club
rooms the scene is trul y grand; the
crowd clamorous for more news, and the
returns are greeted with cheers. The
scene at the Republican rooms is differ
ent; there is no balm in Gllead fol
them, and the hard luck they
are experiencing causes them tc
relapse into silence, and few words a'
though some one were saying "dam
nit" can be heard at intervals. Thus
far, amidst all the excitement, we are
happy TO be able to state that nc
trouble has occurred, and the good feel
ing that has hitherto prevailed still pre-
dominates.