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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-24
The Best Dog Story Yet.

The Portland (Me.) Press of Thurs
day tells it thus: yesterday, as the
morning train over the Rochester. Road
was nearing Alfred, the engineer discov-
cred large Newfoundland dog on the
track. He blew the whistle, but the dog
stood his ground, and thinking some
thing was wrong the engineer whistled
down brakes and the engine stopped
within few feet Of the dog. 1t seems
that four-ox load of logs had attempted
to cross the track, but the sled caught
on the rails. The driver heard the train
approaching round curve, and rushed
down the track to stop it. His dog took
in the situation and dashed around the
curve and stopped the train. It would
have been impossible to stop the train
after seeing the man..
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OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
ness of Speaker Kerr-Mr. Cox in the
Observation-Disclosures. ts#


ness of Speaker Kerr-Mr. Cox in the
Chair miscellaneous. ~
From Our Own Correspondent.l
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 1876.
The Senate passed the Centennial bill
by large majority, just as it came from
the House. The President signed it
with a pen made from the feather of an
American eagle which now spreads it's
wings in the Centennial aviary, but
which formerly SCARED aloft from the
heights Of Mount Hood in Oregon.
The bird itself and that identical pen,
which of course is mightier than
the sword for an appropriation Of
q million and half, will be
on exhibition at Philadelphia Now that
the exposition is certain to go on with
this express Endorsement of the nation,
I beg leave to remark it is the duty of
us all to do everything in our power by
word and deed to help make it worthy
Of our great Republic.
FoRTIFICATIoNs.
The Hon. William A. Wheeler;Of New
York, from the House COMMITTEE on
Appropriations on Tuesday of this week
reported the !, bill making appropriation
for Notifications and other works OF de-
tense. The bill appropriates for these
purposes $315, 900 instead of more than
three and ahalf millions, the amount of
estimates. Large estimates were made
for, new projectiles and ordnance.
Mr.. Wheeler showed that large
sums had been annually appropriated
and expended for these purposes, and
that the changes constantly being made
in warlike implements had crowded the
arsenals and even the cemeteries with
useless guns, and would continue to do
90 If these experiments were to go on.
BE thought they might well surcease In
this our year of peace and jubilee.
"We want no shotted guns pointed
seward" sad he. The House agreed
with him, and the bill was passed unani-
mor1sly. If it shall SO pass the Senate,
as trust it may, divers and sundry con-
tractors in men-Hlling inventions will
be sad, but the people will rejoice
over this saving of more than
three millions. This bill received
tbe unanimous recommendation of
the Appropriation Committee, and
after Mr.. Wheeler's statement OF
he facts in the case, there was no one
to dispute the Justice and wisdom OF the
measure. But I suppose there will be
lobby of contractors and inventors to
worry and harass the Senate for money
to experiment on projectiles which they
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-24
Secrets Of the BaIIot-Box.

+. The following comes from Chicago ::
g A prominent ward politician belonging
to the Peoples party having become an
gered with Mayor .Colvin because that
gentleman has failed to reward his SER
vices in accordance with promises, has
written letter to the Tribune exposing
the corrupt practices of his party at the
charter election last April. Mayor Col
yin is holding over by virtue Of the cleo
ton, and if the allegations are true he
is we'll aware that the charter was car
ried by fraud. This informant states,
that he saw 500 fraudulent ballots cast
by one man with the countenance of the
Judges, and informed the Mayor of the
fact the same day, and was congratulated
by him on the victory obtained in this
fraudulent manner. The story is
straightforward, and is likely to make
stir equal to anything which has trans
pired here in the whisky business.
There has been suspicion of fraud from
the first, but this is the irstdirect tes-
timOnv" Tttftt9
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-02-24
THE BLACK HILLS.
A War About the Coveted Territory I'M
minent.

A War About the Coveted Territory Inn
minent.
There is no doubt, says the Chicago
Tribune, that the ordering of Gen. Gus
ter to Fort Lincoln is a precautionary
measure suggested blythe apprehensions
of serious trouble with the Indians In
the. neighborhood of the Black Hills.
The history of the negotiations with the
Indian tribes for this territory and their
reception of the Governments overtures
warrant the apprehensions that are felt.
A commission was appointed and went
in person to make the Indians an offer
for their rights of reservation granted by
the Government. The terms proposed
bv the Indians for cession of their
rights we're simply preposterous. They
demanded something like $500, 600, 600,
which was at least one hundred times as
much as their rights are worth, leaving
out the fact that they were In the first
instance mere gratuity from the Gov
eminent. This demand was evidently
prompted by the Indian traders and
rascally agents, with the expectation and
purpose of swindling the red men out of
the Government country. OF course
there was no inducement for the repre-
sentatives Of the Government to pursue
the negotiations any further, and as the
result proved, they were glad to escape
from the conference with their lives. A
conspiracy was Matched among certain of
the tribes to massacre the Government
Commission, and it would probably have
succeeded had it not been for the loyalty
and bravery of one or two chiefs.
At this point the Government policy
with regard to the Black Hills was prac-
tically changed, though the change was
not formally announced. There had
been before serious effort to protect
the Indian reservation from the invasion
of miners and spectators. But it was
remembered that those Indians, claiming
their rights under the reservation, had
enjoyed the bounty and actually lived
upon the support of the Government
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DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

East. a fs
The Plymouth Church Advisory Council as
sembled at Brooklyn on Feb. 10, with delegates
from about 140 churches in attendance.
New York is running over with excitement
about the Moody and Sankey revival. The inn
mense Hippodrome where the meetings are
held is crowded every evening, standing room
being at premium.
The Bates House, large four-story building
at Rutland, Vt, was destroyed by fire last week
Loss, 100000. The Daily Herald was also
burned out. So.
The Erie railway has let the contract for a
third track.
The Maine Legislature has passed a bill abol-
ishing the death penalty, and substituting inn
prisonment and hard labor for Gfe andthe
measure only lacks the approval Of the Cover
nor to become 8 law. Fu 81
By the explosion of the boiler of a portable
saw-min at birmingham, Mass, the other
morning, threa of the four men employed
were killed. x88ss
An exciting scene took place in the Plymouth
Church Advisory Council the other day. Mr.
Beecher, toward the end of the morning ses-
sion arose to answer question propounded
by Rev. DIR. Fessenden respecting the inter-
view which he held with DR.. Storrs. After
the interview and making some expla-
nations, Mr.. Beecher said g If there is
a man on earth that has anything to say to my
detriment, am here. and now challenge him
to say it. [Cries of Good, "Good," and
loud applause.l I go farther than that. If
there be an angel of God more PRESIDENT and
Jmniscient, challenge him to say aught.
go beyond that, and in the name of our com
mon Redeemer, and before Him who shall
Judge you and me. I challenge the truth from
God himself, and what is all this going to do ?"
These remarks were received with tremendous
applause. Nothing like the excitement and
crushing was ever Witnessed in the church be-
fore.
Addleshow Warburton, manufacturing
chemists of Manchester, n. H., have failed to
the extent of $500, 09O
-Four hundred Philadelphians viii give the
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long beyond the time when they had
stipulated to become self-supporting.
The fact also confronted the Government
that there was territory supposed to be
rich with mineral wealth, and certainly
possessing luxurious forests and fine
grazing land, which the Indians would
neither use for their own advantage nor
part with for any reasonable sum, though
they were already abusing the the Gov
eminent favor. Under those circum-
stances and with the increased wish of
emigrants from all parts of the country,
it is not surprising that the Government
should have relaxed its vigilance in
keeping the whites out of the regerva-
ton. st iam
S IL is now estimated that there will be
from 5000 to 10000 white persons in
and about the Black Hills by next sum-
mer. Emigrants are focking there, I'M
der the continued rumors of gold, by two
routes. Some go to YanktOn and from
there follow the course of the Missouri
River to Fort Sully, when they
make an entrance to the Hills; others
go to some point on the Union Pacific
Railroad like Julesburg or Bushnell,
anu from bl6T0 SGhfG lOI bll0 Hills on IOOt.
The men who undertake these perilous
journeys do not go unarmed, and they
are of character to make q, most des-
perate defense of their lives. The In
dams, there is every reason to believe,
have determined to resent their pres
ence, and are now forming combina-
ton of tribes to hem in and massacre
the enigrants. The Government has
evidently decided to protect these white
people to the best of it's ability. Gen.
Custer, at Fort Lincoln, will be in po-
sition to draw from the various forts of
the Territory and concentrate the availa-
BILE troops at the shortest notice. The
location has been chosen apparently
with the design of forcing what fighting
is to be done either to the north or the
west Of the Black Hills. IF the Indians
were able to confne it to the Hills them
selves, the warfare might be as long,
bloody and discouraging as the Modoc
war in the lava-beds. In any event,
however, it is the duty of the Govern
ment, under all the circumstances, to
protect the lives of the thousands of it's
citizens who have gone to that country,
whatever cost may be incident thereto.
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State Lottery, was kicked to death by horse,
at Louisville, the other day.
The lower house of the Virginia Legislature
has expelled one of it's members r. d. Rufil,
colored- for stealing money from the desk Of
the Sergeant-at- Arms. s. b naaf nHAl;
A recent raid of internal revenue officers in
Oglethorpe County, Ga, resultedin the seizure
and destruction of ten illicit distilleries and
$4,000 gallons of mash and beer. Twenty-one
prisoners including a United States Commits
sioner, were brought in, all charged with viO-
lating theinternal revenue laws. In Tennessee
six crooked distilleries were broken up and
eight persons lodged in Jail. SIT II
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MISCELLANEOUS e1EAN1NGs.

The steamship Adriatic has been ibelled by
the owners of the American ship Harvest
Queen, which she sunk in the Irish Channel.
The damages are laid at 1925, 900. a
Quebec, Cam, was visited last week oy a terri
fic wind and snow storm, which did great dam
age. The Government buildings we're much
injured.
Gold has been discovered in paying quanti-
ties in Alaska Let's all emigrate.
s The death of Charlotte Cushman, the dis
tinguished actress, is announced. She died at
the Parker House, in Boston, of cancer, with
which she had long been afflicted. Miss Cush-
man was So years and months old.
It is sold strong effort will be made at the
present session of Congress to practically re-
store the double standard of gold and silver by
the coinage of the full-valued silver dollar, to
be unlimited tender with gold except as to debts
specifically payable in gold coins of the present
standard.
Charlotte Cushman left an estate valued at
$500, 900.
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IT is thin excuse for young lady to
lie abed until o'clock In the morning
because this is sleep-year.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-22
FLORIDA.

The Court and the Canyassers,
TALLAHAssEE, FLA., November 2I.-
The attorneys OF the Democratic man.
ayers yesterday applied to Judge White
Of the Circuit Court, for two orders, one
restraining the Governor from canvass.
ing the returns Of the electoral vote or
Issuing his certificate to any elector oil
electors, unless by order Of the regularly
appointed Board Of Canvassers, and an
other in the shape Of amandamus to the
Returning Board, ordering them to pro-
ceed to canvass the votes, The Judge
granted the Injunction prayed for tempo.
rarily, and ordered the Governor to show
cause by Thursday next why the injune.
tion should not be issued permanently,
He also issued an order commanding
ting members Of the Beturning Bosrd to
show cause next Thursday why this man
damus ordering them to proceed to the
canvass at once should not be issued.
The papers were served this evening.
THERE'S an appeal from the Circuit Judge
TO the Supreme Court subject, however,
to this possible difficulty: The Supreme
Court ia not now in session and will not
convene in. regular session until next
January. II Il does not Of It's own yoli.
tion convene in extra session before the
9Th Of December, when the Electors GER
tiicates are obliged to issue, there can be
no appeal from Judge Whites decision,
as there will be no court In session TO
which an appeal can be made.
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CheQntelIigtttesr::
rne concentration Of Troops NJ
IH' washington.

The present mutterings against th'
,,,y.peu, Of troops remind one Of th'
n,o,e.,. that we're common in 1861. som'
II the Democratic papers are as indig
nm, now over the idea Of concentrating
three or four companies Of soldiers at the
S,,ional Capital as they were at Genera
S.o,t,. precautions to guard against q
.p,p,i.e at the time Mr.. Lincoln was IN
,upara,ed. I.I the old story over again O'
an ,t,smp. to subvert the liberties OF the
country. The only people who nave q
o,,ep, right TO subvert the liberties Of
thl. country are the Democracy Al
Is.,, ,hsy are the only people who have
aver tried it. They charge now that
lr,n, /, playing or'ar. That may be-
MIA comfort, however, to know that he
i.po, playing Buchanan. II he would
ooly plsy Old Blck over again and let
thing. 70 a. loose ends, he would fill the
Democratic idea Of 4 strictly constitu.
,;Ou.I President. Gran. has probably
heard tha, General Scott wanted to save
,,ouble in 1861 by di,pOsiug properly Of
, few troops, but that the Democratic
ia.a AT ,ha. time was to make and not to
,.ye trouble.
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WASHINGTON.
Routlne Business onlz.

WASHINGTON, November 2l.-No busi-
ness Of importance was transacted at the
Cabinet meeting to-day, nor any matters
brought before it, except Of an ordinary
routine character. There was no allu-
sson to.the subject OF ordering troops To
Washington. It may be added on the
authority OF two members Of the Cabinet
that this subject has never yet been dis
cussed or acted upon by the Cabinet.
The Army Reorganization Board con-
tlnues its sessions at the War Depart.
ment. The discussions Of the Board re-
fer particularly to providing for the
speedy and effective enlargement OF the
army when necessary. Among the propo'
sltions Is that Of making IS men the quo.
Ia OF each company, to be kept at that
standard in time Of peace, but in time Of
war ithe maximum 10 be $50 men,
No definite plan Of otreorganization will be
suggested, however, till Mr.. Banning,
Chairman Of the House Military Com
mittee, returns 10 Washington.
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China and Japan.

san FRASctsco, November 2l.-The
following has been received by special
Correspondence from Hong Kong, Octo.
ber le, via Shanghai, October IS:
sir Thomas Wade, the British Minis.
tsr' retire1 permanently, and sails for
Eng!an this month. Great irritation
continues to be shown at his settlement
Of the Dadiarh MaaiSh affair, the Queens
speech one year ago having given assur.
ance that no effort would be- spared 10
punish the inssigators and perpetrators,
whereas criminals are now released by
the express request Of Wade. The
Chinese ratification Of the settlement Is
reported to have been signed September
II. The envoy appointed 10 England,
named Hou Chew Sheu, has been re.
leased from that service, and will proceed
to Japan as minister instead.
Admiral Reynolds Is at Moo Chang
with the United States ship Ashuelot.
He starts soon on an excursion to the
Great Wall. I'd
The civil war in Yunnan continues,
without any advantage TO either aide.
The British tug johanna, from Hong.
Kong TO Cheford, foundered near Annoy
Sept 25th. The Captain and nine men are
reported lost.
YoKoHAMA, October 27.-The latest
returns from the War Department show
the total number OF regular troops in
Japan to be 33.752; infantry 30,-
$50, artillery 1,e94, engineers 749,
cavalry 4Sl, commissary 1874, coast ar.
tillery5 81.
Kento Aroyuey, the new Consul at San
Francisco, sails for that port by the next
steamer.
The Japanese soldiers at Port Fasan,
in Corea, were attacked by mob while
wandering beyond the limits hitherto
fixed by the Japanese residents. mol
person was seriously injured. The
Japanese officers demanded an apology
and the punishment OF the offenders,
which was Immediately agreed to.
Great preparations are being made for
an overland journey OF the Empress from
Toxic, the present capital, to Kioto, the
old capital. Numerous court officials
will accompany her. The Empress will
also visit Kioto Keller, travelling by sea. |
The United States ship Kearsarge was
suddenly ordered by telegraph to Hong
Hong, and left for Yokohama October
oath. r..r
The American schooner otsego was
wrecked on the Japanese coast on the |
18th Of September, while returning from
q cruiee Tor offers among the kurile
Islands.
The natives last garrison in the town
Of Kuwanto, in the province Of Hioga,
was attacked by rioters October 25th. |
After sharp conflict, order was restored.
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ESTABLISHED AUGUST "a, 1852

himself prominence in the present en-
ergency with reference to prominence
hereafter in case Tilden should be count
ed in.
The followers OF MOrrissey, Kelly,
oBrien & Co., in New York, are sample
patriots Of this class Of noisy clamOrers
and in.imidators. They are all interested
in impressing public sentiment with the
idea that If Tilden is not counted in
"there will be trouble" Their organ in
New York openly threatens trouble II
Tilden Is not declared President, just as
the organ Of a great iobber in politics
at Cincinnati threatens the same thing.
These men live by politics and have
the taint Of spollsmsn on their records.
In no true or good sense do they represent
public sentiment in regard TO the Presi-
Dental succession. The honest people ot
the country, who have NO bets, Offices or
jobs pending on the result, want the man
counted in who is honestly elected, and
when the proper time comes they will
make themselves felt against this hummer
element. rs7 ..fA tNLt-T
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SANTA FE, November 2l4K mail
coach was stopped last night 10 miles
north OF Los Vegas by four masked men
who we're well armed. They compelled
the driver and messenger 70 alight, then
took the mail packages, express boxes and
everything ot value except some silver
bricks which they said were too heavy,
They, also cut the telegraph line. No
further clue to the robbers has yet been
ohtainad. .-f.H- .|-sf-
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Convention OF Passengers Agents

MEMPHIS, November 2l.-The Conyen'
tion Of the General Passenger Agents o.
the Southwest met In the Peabody Hotel
at noon to-day. J. W. Moss, Of the St.
Louis d Southwestern railroad, was
chosen as chairman, and Charles 3. Kelly,
Of the Louisville, Cincinnati & Lexington
Short Line, secretary. The Convention
sits with closed doors. The object Of the
meeting is to revise tho winter rates Of
the respective roads.
The line Of steamers known as the
Check Line, embracing the Illinois, Geo.
W. Check and Al. White, owingt to finan-
cial embarraSsments, has been placed in
charge OF N. n. Jones rs trustee for the
creditors. Thos. Darrough has been ap.
pointed Superintendent Of the line, which
will be run as heretofore under the new
management.
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Sr., LOUIE, November 2l.-Judge Treat
Of the United States Circuit Court, at the
instance Of Robert Garrett 4 Sons, o.
Baltimore, and Jacob Ross, OF Canada
has appointed General Lewis B. HarsonI
temporary receiver Of the property Of the
Ohio L Mississippi railroad IN this city
The object OF this action Is that some body
shall have charge Of the property here
until tho proper papers are laid before
the Court and D. Torrance and Johr
King. jr., who have been appointed re-
ceivers in Illinois and Indiana, can be ap
pointed and have time % qualify here.
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billiard Tournament.

NEw YORK, November 2I.-Iu the BIZ.
lizard tournament this evening, GARNER
beat Slosson 800 to 254; Garnier'I beat
run was Isl, upanishedi sIossOns beat
run was l04.
defeated Maurice Daily 800 70 2l7, ThiS
waa regarded the grea. triumph for
schaaer, who at the end Of IL innings wal
only ~ 70 daly1le6. schaffer's bes. run
was l65 In lG innings.
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, ueetlpg at Columbus To-Day


The Ohio Democratic Chairman, John
G. Thompson, has called gathering OI
Democrats, Independents, Republicans
.Dd dear knows what all, to meet a. Co
lumbu, to-day (wednesdayl to deliberate
u,o vha, ia necessary to be done for The
good oi the country in this present
crisis.
By the good Of the country this iisrct
Democratic partisan is suspected TO NEAR
the good Of his party. Nobody deputed
hin 10 call gathering at the capital oi
Ohio to devise ways and msars Of solving
the present difficulty. The progress o.
event. will tclye the dificulty-it it il
soluble at sIl-as, fer instance, 10 begin
With the reports Of the Returning
Boards III the disputed States.
There i.a bad oder about Ohio Demo
cratic gatherings. Many people will re-
call the one that assembled in Columbus
In 1851, under valIandigham, and that
sen. greeting to the South in the name
Of two hundred thousands Democrats oi
Ohio.
All such irresponsible gatherings are
sedisious in their nature at time like
this, and tend to unnecessarily excite the
country. The people very justly distrust
them. They resemble the one tina. Sam
Woods, OF Barbour county, in this State
and lot more Of such Chesp John poll
Iicians as himself, called at Richmond III
April, 1861. Whenever we see Demo
cratic gathering mOoted Ut time like
lbi., We always think Of that Sam Woods
call, and classify it under the same mis-
chievOus head. It isa safe rule to steer
clear Of all such gatherings at time
like thi4.