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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
The Nez Perces Indians.

The Nez Perces and other Indians of
Idaho and Eastern Oregon, who have
just instituted SO serious revolt against
the Government, belong to what is known
as the Sahaptia family, which is closely
allied with the .Salish, occupying the ad-
jacant territory. The Nez Perces are
physically superior to any OF their neigh
bors; they are more coppery in COM
plexlOn than the coast Indians. with
general. expression of features that is
stern, often melancholy, but not as
rule harsh or repulsive Head-fatten-
ing obtains to "a considerable extent
among them, and they paint inveterate-
ly. Their voices are strong and manly.
They dress like all other wild Indians,
but through superior industry ornament
their costumes much more elaborately:
besides, their ideas of personal cleanli-
ness are refreshingly above those Of the
average aborigine. From the Conan
ches and Apaches they obtained their
horses and Workmanship. The Nez
Perces live in dove-shaped lodges built
with poles and skins, some of which are
large enough to accommodate fifty or
sixty persons, the several families get
ting along comfortably and harmonious
~ though there are no partitions.
Though not very warlike they are good
fighters, fighting on horseback, taking
scalps and submitting their prisoners to
torture by the women of the tribe, or
sparing their lives to make slaves of
them. The bravest and most expert
enced warrior is annually elected war
chief; his scepter is a long whip, with
which he secured discipline by merciless
fagellations of his subordinates. Father
de Smet baptized great many of them,
but their Christianity is onl y nominal,
since it Goes not prohibit polygamy, as,
says a writer in the st. Louis Repu6-
6con, ca baptized Nez Perez will marry
the eldest daughter of a family and then
take all her younger sisters for wives"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
Look Out for Your Right Foot.

A scientific lecturer on walking says
his experiments show that one side OF
the body lthe right side) always tends
to outwalk the other. = Whereupon a
wag, with a sarcastic imagination, re-
marks: 1t is extremely unfortunate for
all of us that this lecture has called at
tention to this singular propensity, be-.
cause 1t would have been uncommonly
tdisagreeable if, some day when we were
walking up the street, one side of us
started ahead and outwalked the other,
and got q dozen squares in advance of
it No man likes to see half of himself
pranclng along the sidewalk without any
reference to the other half, and the boys
all following him, studying anatomy. 1t
would be humiliating. Everybody
ought to guard against such a calamity
now, since this sauont has indicated its
1I,oI
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
NATIONAL FINANCES.

The National De6t-The official treasury
statement shows that the decrease in the pub
lie debt during the month of June was S., $685.
1O9. Since July 1, 1876, the reduction of in
terest as result of the funding operation has
been 81, 943 625. Appended are the official
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
WASHINGTON NOTES.

1t is understood in Washington that the Pres
ident will shortly make an extended tour
through the South.
The President has determined to transfer all
the troops now stationed in the South to the
Indian country and the Texas border.
Lieut.. Bulls, Of the Twenty-fourth Infantry
lately struck the trail of band of thieving In
dams near the Rio Grande, in Texas, pursued
them across the river into Mexico attacked
and drove them into the mountains. A large
number of horses which the savages had
stolen were recaptured and restored to the
rightful owners. A full report of the affair
has been made to the authorities at Washing
ton, and the President and others in high Of
fetal station express themselves gratifed at
the success of the affair.
The receipts from distilled spirits from all
sources the last fiscal year were S57, 700, 00O
against $50, 462, 900 for the year 1876.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
POLITICAL POINTS.

Senator Blaine and ex-Gov. Chamberlain de-
ivered orations at Woodstock, Ct, on the
Fourth of July. The former took occasion to
denounce what he considers project now in
course of agitation for the requirement of the
northern section of Mexico, declaring him
self opposed to the addition of any terri
tory which is likely to augment the power
OF the South. Chamberlain bitterly as
sailed the Southern policy of the President.
When he concluded, one of the audience arose
and said that he believed that the sentiments
expressed in the address did not represent the
feeling of New England. He then called for
all those who Endorsed the policy of President
Hayes to signify it, and three hearty cheers
were given for the President Somebody then
called for three cheers for Gov. Chamberlain
and they we're loudly given.
Hon. John S. Thomas has been appointed
Collector of Customs at Baltimore, vice Wilkins,
resigned. 4
The Wisconsin State Greenback Convention
met at Portage on the 4th of July. Gen. Sam.
Gary and several other prominent greenbackers
.
waukee, was nominated for Governor The
remaining Offices were filled as follows Lieu
tenant Governor, E. Fl. Benton, of Fond du
Lac Secretary of State, Joseph H. Osborn, Of
Winnebago county; State Treasurer, William
Schwartz, of Sheboygan Superintendent of
Public Instruction President Steele, of Apple
ton University ; Attorney General, Emory Hay
den, of Wood county
The Cabinet at Washington has been devot-
ing its attention to the question whether the
Federal otficeholders of Wisconsin can call the
State Convention without violating the Presi-
dents civil-service order. It having been
shown to their satisfaction that four-ffths of
the State Committee are Federal officeholders.
and that there is no provision for their resigna-
ton except to the convention when assembled.
it was decided that under the circumstances the
call could be made, but the expectation was ex-
pressed that the oficeholders would resign
their political positions on the meeting of the
convention.
A Washington dispatch says: s.The indict-
ment of the members of the Louisiana Return
ing Board is looked upon as an affair of a good
deal of political Importance The friends of
the administration are very indignant, and are
evidently somewhat disturbed at the possible
effect of this proceeding upon public sentiment
in the North" al
A New York reporter has interviewed ex-
Gov. Tilden, and extracted from him the in
formation that he CTilden) is going to Europe
~. -. = .
Side elevated railroad that he will not con-
test the Presidency, and that he has withdrawn
from politics.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

come to my remains, but while I live 1 cannot
afford to lie still and be carried off piecemeal
by them.
This case, upon which you and your allies
are trying to lash city into fury, is very
small. 1t had been decreed that two of the
three pension agencies in the State should be
abrogated. It was quite natural that each one
OF the agencies should seek to escape that
doom. was appealed to on behalf of each of
the three. l could not attempt to aid them all.
! dld attempt to aid but one In that
tailed. 1t happens, very strangely, that both
the parties disappointed are serene, while the
party that is triumphant is outraged. We
usually look for magnanimity and not malice in
Vlctors The practice of shooting prisoners is
out OF date. I have heard there was time
long ago when conquerors tied captives to their
cnaflot wheels to grace their triumph If YOU
atteillpt That, your coach will get upset.
since you are my friend let me take you into
my coincidence. No man more earnestly than
myself wishes to retain Republican supremacy
IN THIS State. To that end am prepared to
make great sacrifices = rs-
rather than surrenderathe seat hold in the
Senate to Democrat, have already trampled
on the only real ambition I ever had.
Z But there is a limit beyond which [ won't CO.
twenty years ago, you remember, I would not
surrender a conviction to secure q seat in the
senate. am not likely now to surrender nv
personal independence to retain that seat. And
won't consent to stand in the pillory and be
Pelted with bad eggs, not even to prevent a
democrat from taking that seat.
" course can't prevent your scolding at me
whenever 1t fits your mood; can't even prevent
the dogs from barking at me as L go along the
street But don't abandon the highway to
avoid the latter peril. and I can't falter on the
course my Judgment dictates to avoid the for
mer. u
Put a whip in the hands of child and he is
moved to hit everyone who comes within his
reach: newspaper in the hands of some ed
ltors is just as provocative to the aggressive
spirit within them. We must not be offended
at the child nor at the pseudo man, but it is not
| amlss properly to correct both
Again, caution you not to suppose because
reply to your structures while for two years
have submitted III silence to the reproaches of
nelghbor of yours. That it is because l fear
you more than I fear your neighbor. 1t is be-
cause respect you more. believe you would
like to help-not hurt-the Republican party.
and mean to do so according to the light that
is in you. have no such faith in your neigh
Dor. When spring lice can be employed to
feed the oxen they infest, then such spirits as
control the Sentinel can be relied upon to HELM
a good cause, but not till then. T. o. HOWE. s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
New Facts About Butter.

The London Agricultural Gaeet
publishes the following lately-asce
tanned chemical facts, condensed by til
paper from the report made to the Boa
OF Inland Revenue by the Principal
the Chemical Laboratory. Somers.
house, on experiments conducted by hi
Tor the analysis of butter:
one hundred and seventeen sample
were tested, the result being that Will
a few samples We're found to be vervpoo
IN quality, and few others exceptiona,
~ rich, the great bulk examined WEI.
found to possess considerable uniforrnit-
OF composition, the principal variation
being due to a difference in the method
OF manufacture, the different seasons O
the year when made, and the yariou.
modes of feeding.
zzAs might be expected, some of the
poorest buffers were produced bv. an6
obtained from, small farmers in Ireland
at the time when there was very little
grass and food was scarce. 1t was also
noticed that the butter was relatively
poorer in its essential constituents whef
the food was chiefly cotton and oil cake
than was the case when roots and grass
formed the staple food. A noticeable
feature in the results recorded is the
great variation in the quantity of water
in the different buffers, the lowest beine
5.l5 per cent, and the highest 20. IS pei
cent.
The Devon and Dorset buffers. which
usually stand so high in the market, were
found to contain, in nearly all cases, 6
high percentage of water, and one,
which was procured from the dairy of a
private gentleman, contained as much as
1889 per cent. and a second sample, re-
Gently obtained from the same source,
contained 1910 per cent. Another point
OF interest was in some measure elucida.
TED, and which has reference to the de.
terloration which certain buffers under.
go when kept in small quantities in glass
or earthenware vessels.
1t was found that, while some of the
finest and best-prepared buffers undergo
little OF no change, there is in others 6
gradual disappearance of the character
lstlc principles of butter, and a conse.
quent assimilation to the constitution O.
an ordinary animal fat. This change
which appears to be due TO an incipien
fermentation, and is generally accom-
panied by the development of fungi, i
probably caused either by the use of sou
cream or by insufficient care in maxim!
butter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

dian troubles in Idaho to the effect that Capt.
Perry, with thirty men. on his way to the Cot
tonwood, had been attacked by hostiles, and
Lieut.. Rains, ten soldiers and two citizens
killed. The timely arrival of reinforcements
saved the party from being massacred.
terrible tragedy was recently enacted
few miles below Lacrosse, on the Minnesota
side of the river. A youth of 10, in the en-
ploy of Joseph Ennis, farmer, murdered
Ennis and his wife, and then set fire to the
premises, partially consuming the bodies.
The deed was committed for the purpose OF
robbery. The murderer was arrested.
The Cincinnati Board of Trade, by an almost
unanimous vote, has adopted resolution urg-
ing upon Congress such modification 'of the
Resumption act as shall postpone the time of
it's enforcement.
Two blocks of business houses in Del Norte,
the principal town in the San Juan mining re-
gion of Colorado have been laid waste by fire.
The loss is estimated at 100000.
A terrific tornado recently swept through the
town of Pensaukee, Wis, wrecking buildings,
and creating the widest havoc. Six persons
were killed and quite o number wounded. The
storm was in the form of a whirlwind, and was
terribly effective in its death-dealing work,
leaving but three or four houses standing.
Three of the highwaymen who have been
amusing themselves by robbing the stages
running between Deadwood and Cheyenne
have at last been caught, and are now in jail.
South.
horrible lynching affair is reported from
Osceola, Ark. Riley Covington, a negro bar
Der, was arrested on charge of murder.
mob composed of white and colored men took
the prisoner from the Sheriff, and, tying ropes
around his neck and feet, hitched mules tC
them. The animals were then goaded to mad
ness and driven in opposite directions, tearing
the unfortunate man limb from limb. His
! plteOus cries for a more merciful death arc
| said to have been heartrending.
| In the Superior Criminal Court at New Or.
leans, the other day, the Attorney General filed
an information against J. Madison Wells, T. c.
Anderson, Louis M. Kenner, and G. Casanave
members of the late louisiana Returning Board
The information is very lengthy, and charges
them with having, on the 4th of December
1876, falsely and feloniously uttered and pub
lished as true the altered, forged and counter.
feited election returns for Presidential Electors
from the parish of Vernon at the election
of November last by adding 1853 votes to each
of the Hayes Electors and deducting 395 from
each Of the Tilden Electors The parties were
arrested and required to give balm the sum Of
$4,000 EACH
J. Henri Burch, State Senator and promi
nent colored politician in Louisiana, has beer
arrested at Baton Rouge on a charge of EN-
bezzling school funds. ur
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
Quick Time Around the World.

The Omaha (Neb. J RepubIicoqa prints
a letter from DR. E. S. De Hass, Ameri-
can Consul at Jerusalem in which he
gives an account of tour he has lately
made around the world in sixty-eight
days Of actual travelling time. The out
line of the journey we quote, greatly con-
densed, in the following:
g Having safely returned to my post, I
take pleasure in furnishing your readers,
agreeably to promise, with brief notice
OF my quick and successful tour around
the world. Not counting the time I lay
over at different points, as these breaks
IN the journey could all have been avoid
ed, | made the entire circuit of the globe
in sixty-eight days, and but for heavy
weather on the Pacific would have made
it III sixty-two days. The journey from
Alexandria, Egypt, via Brindisi and Paris
to London, and from thence to New York
and San francisco, was accomplished in
twenty days, and we were just the same
number OF days going from San Fran
cisco to Yokohama, Japan. Crossing
over from here to Canton, in China, took
six days. A sail of ten days over the
China Sea. and through the Strait of
Malacca, touching at several points we
have not time to notice, brought us to
Ceylon, off the southern coast of Hin
doostan, and one Of the richest of the
East India islands. Thence we sailed
directly to Suez, in Egypt, which took
twelve days, and from thence, in few
hours, by rail to Alexandria, our starting
point, making the entire distance of 25,-
600 miles-16, 900 by water and 1000 on
land-ln sixty-eight days without any
accident Or detention of any kind
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
A RighteOus Decisinn.

Chief Justice DAILY, Of New York, wa
unable to protect poor sewing
who had, been swindled out of her mone7
and her sewing because the Law
happened to be On the side Of the swim
dler, and majority Of the bench ren
dered s. decision accordingly. Happily.
the law III Illinois is on the side Cf the
swindled, and a case which Judge Meal
lister, OF Chicago, has disposed of illus
trates how courageous iurist will apply
1t. An agent of certain sewing-ma-
chine company persuaded poor woman
to exchange the machine she had for one
which he advocated, and agreed to fur
nlsh her with work enough to enable her
to pay the difference due at the rate Of
five dollars q month. No work was fur
nished, and, after few months feeble
effort to meet the installments, the woman
failed, the agent seized the machine, and
refused to make any settlement, or to
return the machine exchanged. The
woman, fortunately, was able to appeal
to the courts, and the case was disposed
of before Judge McAlhster, who. in
indorsing the verdict Of the jury for the
full amount claimed, took occasion to
characterize in forcible language the
tricks to which agents resort for the
temptation and robbery Of the unsus-
pecting poor. So much Of thir nefarious
kind OF dealing is carried on that it is
comforting to know that the Illinois law
differs radically from law on the same
subject in New York. Chicago Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

LIE aggregate amount of the mort
cages on church property in Chicago is
about 81, Ali, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Three men, named Floy, Bellinger and Pierce
while sailing on the Niagara river above the
falls the other day, lost control of their little
boat which drifted into the rapids. Pierce and
Bellinger leaped into the stream and attempted
to save themselves by swimming, but they were
swept over the falls. Floy, who remained in
the boat, was rescued.
Crump's label mandatory, at Montclair, N.
j., employing 200 men, was burned last week.
Loss 5000, OO0
The Keesville IN, - National Bank was re-
Gently robbed by burglars Of money and bonds
to the amount of $75, 0OO
By the explosion of the boiler of the steamer
). Il. Camden, en- route from Parkersburg to
Pittsburgh, the pilot and three colored deck
hands were killed, and four others of the crew
wounded. - stt.test.s.s
Miss 4 West.
section of Northern Indiana was devastated
by tornado on the evening of the Cd inst.
sweeping away houses, barns, fences, timber.
and everything in its track, besides doing i'm
mense damage 70 crops Near the town of
Walkerton, st. Joseph county, six persons were
Killed and several others badly injured. Near
Goshen one man was killed by the blowing
down OF his barn, and another was struck By
lightning and instantly killed.
Advices from the scene of the Indian dis
turbances in Idaho report an engagement be-
tween body of troops and Looking Glass
band of savages, numbering about 400. Four
Indians were killed and left on the field, and
many others were drowned. The squaws and
children took to the river, and several were
drowned.
News comes comes from the seat Of the In
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

HAND telephones are now in use be-
tween the Offices Of the Mayor and the
Chief Of Police of Providence. Ex-Gov.
Lippitt also has the instrument in his
office, so that he can converse with his
son in the bleachery at any hour Of the
day.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-07-12

IT is mentioned as notable fact that
the first translation Of the Bible into the
Russian vernacular, approved by the
Gar, as head Of the Greek church, and
by the church itself, has been completed
only within the present year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-04
Silver King.

Oddly enough, no pains what ever seem to be taken by the two proprietors of this mine (Barney and Reagan) to contradict or to confirm any of the many rumors in circulation concerning their property. Absolutely no one out side of their underground em
 pIoyees is allowed to go into tn cir mine. Eor this exclusiveness they give no reason, taking 1t for granted that men have the same right of seclusiOn in their mines that they have in their resi- dences. This course is reported by outsiders as prompted by a de- sire to conceal an impoverished condition of the mine. On the other hand, the miners give con- tinued reports of daily develop ments of size and richness in the ore bodies. The dumps are full to inconvenience; no stoping is done, and all that comes from be- low is ore richer than that here tofOre hOisted. A small force only is employed in prospecting the ore bodies, and at nothing else. i No other work is likely to be done until some of the accumu- lated ore is disposed of by the mill and room made for more ore from below. The concentrating apparatus works satisfactorily and will be enlarged or duplicated. All kinds of rumOrS are current in regard to the nOn-payment o
 employees. From sources of in- formation of absolute certainty the SENTINEL knows that every dollar of the mine's liabilities up tC the first of August has been paid in full. It is very evident that the property is not in market, and that it is being worked pru' dentIy and like any other private business enterprise: However
 the WiseacreS must talk.
The Arizona sentinel., 1877-08-04
Railroad,

Information reaches us that, at at the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pa- cifc Railroad Company, it was decided to push the road forward to Gila Bend without delay. 50O,- 900 ties and 160 miles of steel rails have been purchased and are on hand or afioat en route to Calif0r- mia. Of course the bridge will have to be finished first and a great deal of Work must be done here at Yuma before any advance can be made into the interior. 4 new base of operations must be established, shops erected and supplies accumulated. Conflicting reports are circulating and circum- stances are plenty to give any of them any desired color One pre- sumption is that the Southern Pacific is being built from the earnings of the Central Pacific, consequently no great advance can be looked for during the coming year. Hard times in California and. at. the East have forced upon the people a spirit of economy; they travel less and use fewer goods. From the Pacific coast no crops are shipped and few enli- grants are coming from the East. The Union Pacific groans at the falling off of receipts and the Gen. traI Pacific must share its loss of business. On the other hand it is reported that Michael Reese, act ing as financial agent for the S.. P. Co.,, succeeded in obtaining in Europe a successful sale for all the bonds this company will be likely to issue. The rails and ties being bought must be paid for anyhow and the only extra expense will be for grading. An anxiety to head off the Texas Pacific and to pre- occupy the 32d. parallel route is strong incentive to pushing the road along. We will try tC report facts as they come to oul notice and let our readers specula- te upon results tosuit themselves. The SENTINEL still thinks the railroad terminus will remain al Yuma for the next six months al least and probably for a year. The visit Of Gov. Brown, vice presi. dent of the Texas Pacific, does mt Uat pOSSnSS pnnch Sipnificanca