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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-23
TRADE AND INDUSTRY.

THE valuation Of property in Boston
has fallen off $62, 900, 900 in year.
DURING the year just closed the Unit
ed States sold 10000, 900 yards Of cot
ton goods abroad, ten times more than
was exported the year before.
THE Southern cotton growers are
complaining bitterly concerning heavy
losses on this seasons crops, occasioned
| by low rates and unusual expense of
cultivation.
THE New York Herald says: s'All
the indications are that the fall trade
this year will prove the best and largest
that has been transacted since 1873, the
year of the last panic. ?"
FOREIGN papers believe that Europe
can take 2,000,0 900 head of cattle from
| the United States every year, the limit
of collaborating have been reached in
many parts of Europe.
A GLANCE over New England ex-
changes exhibits a renewal of manufact-
uring thrift and energy in that direc-
ton, with the best of prospects for an
unusually brisk fall trade.
A FRENcHMAN says the annual value
of the products of glass manufacture in
Europe and America has almost doubled
within the past twelve years, and now
amounts to not less than 100000, 900
francs.
THE Baltimore and Ohio railroad will
hereafter conduct the express business
over it's own line, the Adams Express
Company having withdrawn from the
service in consequence Of the unwilling
ness to pay the rates demanded.
The net expectation Of specie for two
years amounts to about $50, 900, 600,
against production for the two years of
$3.50, 900, 600 of bullion. This would in
dictate considerable stock Of gold and
silver accommodating in the country.
The dry-goods imports of New York
for July were 81, 800, 900 more than for
the same month last year. For the year,
up to August 1, these imports have
reached $47, 673, 744, being 81, 100000
less than for the same period last year.
PERSONS who write about the business
of the Western rivers note with emphasis
the gradual decay of steamboating in
tavor of railroads; yet powerful effort
is being made to revive the water traffic
on the Mississippi, from st. Louis down.
In 1920 times were SO slow in the
best portions of Pennsylvania that real
estate was valueless Grain sold at from
8 to II cents per bushel, vegetables
brought next to nothing, and sheep
could be bought for SO cents. And yet
the people were not happy.
Now, WHILE Great Britain eats Amer
lean beef in preference to her own, and
drinks American beer, our agents who
have gone there to sell cutlery, and cot
tons, and silks, will find themselves
quite at home. 1t is unnecessary to say
that they are improving their time to the
best advantage.
Bur for the revolutionary character Of
the people, Mexico would be the para
disc Of emigrants. Coffee, cotton, sugar,
and tobacco grow most luxuriously,
while tropical fruits and Northern grains
can be produced continuously. With
out market, ease and the utmost COM
fort could be secured for almost nothing.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-23
Kellogg.

Parties bearing the above name Will
be interested to learn that a work is now
in preparation giving the genealogy of
the family in this country from the mid
die Of the seventeenth century to the
present time. All interested viii confer
favor by communicating with the pub
Usher, Rufus B. Kellogg, Green Bay,
Wisconsin, who will send, to any, circu-
lars with the outline of information
desired. Persons of other names, with
Kellogg ancestry, are particularly re-
Quested to write.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-23
Russian Atrocities.

The Sublime Porte has sent the fol
lowing report of alleged Russian bar
barltles to its foreign representatives
A telegram from the Governor of Tir
nova to the Grand Vizier confirms all the
barharities formerly reported as com.
united by the Russians and Bulgarians
upon the occupants Of Tirnova and the
nelghboring villages. It confirms in
particular the burning of a MOSQUE in
which the inhabitants of Tiamsi Keni
had taken refuge, and who were burnt
alive. 1t adds that the Russians force
their prisoners on pain Of death to fire
on the Ottoman troops sent to rescue
them. The Mushir, Suleiman Pasha.
has telegraphed to the Minister of War
that twelve unarmed Mussulmans in
habiting the Village Of Eski Saghra hay-
ing made their submission to the Rus
SLAMS, seven of them were killed with
axes by the Bulgarians, and three others
by the Cossacks. We have ascertained
as accurately as possible the number of
houses burnt and Mussulmans massa-
cred by the Russians and Bulgarians in
the villages which have most suffered
from the enemy's invasion, and the re-
suit is this: At Batak, an exclusively
Mussulman village in the district of
Slstova, 100 houses have been burned.
and ZOO men and 800 women have been
killed; seven inhabitants are believed ia
have survived. At Balovan. q NIussuI-
man village in the district of Tirnova.
200 houses have been burned. 100 men
and 200 women have been killed. Only
one person is believed to have escaped
the massacre. At Caba Bonnas 1OG
houses have been burned, 200 men and
300 women killed; two persons escaping
death. At Kestanbol $50 houses have
been burnt, and 800 men and 900 womer
persisted. At Chems, a mixed village
sixty Mussulman houses have been de
stroyed; 100 men and 200 women per
lshed; only one person escaped. A
Tundla, a mixed village, 100 houses
were destroyed; $50 men and 400 women
persisted; three only survived. The fol
lowing are the number Of houses burn
in the villages which had been desertee
before the arrival of the enemy: A
Tranish Homri, 40; at Beran, $50; a
Odalar, 1870; at Armdlouk, 80; at Bou1
ouch, 100; at Kodiina, 70; at Okdili
200; total OF houses burnt, $40. Fort
or fifty more mixed villages, each cor
tanning minimum of 100 houses, tn
Mussuiman inhabitants OF which sub
mitted to the Russians, are referred tc
but their fate is not known. You vii
perceive that these terrible figures are 4;
most crushing testimony to the pitiles
cruelty of the Russian policy"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-08-23

beyond question that it was a good day
for fishing. another Block islander caught
oOO bluefsh, weighing from four to ten
pounds each, to say nothing Of a wagon
LOAD OF Holsters by another party
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
MISSOURI FAIRS-l877.

Sturgeon, Boone Co., Aug 2S-4
days.
Platte City, Platte Co., Sept. Is
days.
Marshall, Saline Co., Sept. A
days.
Columbia, Boone Co., Sept. Ia
days.
Kansas City, Jackson Co., Sept.
17-6 days.
Sedalia, pettis Co., Sept. 24-6
days.
st. Louis, st. Louis Co., Oct. It
days.
Louisiana, Pike Co., Sept. 24-5
days.
Appleton City, st. Clair Co., Sept.
26-i days.
Fulton, Galloway Co., Aug. 22-4
days.
Albany, Gentry Co., Sept 25--5
days.
Brownsville, Saline CO., Sept. IL
) days.
Herman, Gasconade Co., Sept. 10
= days.
Huntsville, Randolph Co., Sept IS
i days.
jefferson City, Cole Co., Sept. Pc
} days.
Lagrange, Lewis Co., Sept. 2G-4
days.
Lexington, Lafayette Co., Sept. ?;
days. 4H~"'>
Mt. Pleasant, Miller Co., Sept l3-
5 days.
Neosho, Newton Co., Sept, PC;
days.
Newark, Knox Co., Sept. 10
days.
st. Joseph Exposition, Sept. 10
days.
Stockton, Cedar Co., Sept. 27-:
days.
Montgomery city, Montgomery Co
September 26-4 DAYS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
TRUMP kARDS.
" st

p
/ hav never known a second wife
but what waz boss ov the situashun.
l luy a rooster for two things. One
IL for the crow that il in him, and the
other IL the spurs that are Oh him, to
bak up the row with.
The sassayest man / ever met, liz a
kenpecked husband, when he IL away
from home,
The, dog that will follow everybody.
amt worth u cuss.
Natur seldom makes a phool, she
simply furnishes the raw materials,
and lets the fellow finish the job to
suit himself.
One of the best trades emmy man
kin make IL to sell out his religious
creed and invest the proceeds in
charity.
One quart of cheap whisky, the
cheaper, the better; judishously APP
piled, will do more bizeness for the
devil than the smartest deakon he haz
got.
no man al ride into heaven on a sore
backed horse.
There is two things about the devil
which / admire, and which are worthy
of imitation, lie liz alwuz bizzy. and
never was known TO break an engage.
ment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
TRUSTEES SALE.


Whereas. Henry G. Tunis and Will
liam Tunis and wife Mary Iunis, by
their deed dated July 30. 1876, and
recorded i'm book an" ia the record
er's office in Audrain county, page
90, conveyed to John E.. Robinson rs
trustee, the followin" real estate, Sit
uatc i'm Audrain comfy. Mo-, to-wit:
Part of the northwest quarter of sec
ton &c, township 81, range 8 west, as
follows: begin at the northeast cor
ner of the lot Of gromnd in West
Mexico, formerly owned by Mrs. NJ.
Wisdom, lately by one James NJ. La
rue: run thence nortlierly about 80
yaFde teo "..stspe4i. .~lefaefft "a ee.fTiSrft
about 80 yards TO SAID Iarue's fence
corner: thence east ~ Yards to place
of beginning, being the property ac-
quired by them ~ heirs of Sarah Tu-
mis-, deceased: which said CONVEYANCE
was in trust to secure the payment of
n certain note and taxes as specified
in said deed; and whereas, said note
Is due and remains unpaid, and John
T.. Robinson, the trustee, refuses to
act. Now, therefore. | Harrison
GlaSscock, Sheriff of Audrain coun-
ty, 1T the request of the legal holder
OF said note and in pursuance of the
powers contained in said deed, will
on Friday, the cath day of August,
1877, between ten o'clock 4. M. and
4 O'Clock p. H., lat the east door of the
court house in the city of Mexico,
sell said real estate for cash for the
purposes OF said trust.
III. GLASCOCK, Sheriff,
last Audrain county, Nc.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
COLLECTORS
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given, that the
Collector of Andrain county will
meet the citizens Of the various town
ships at the time and places hereafter
mentioned, for the purpose OF collect
imn the taxes due for the year 1877.
ssSz:
Loutrc MISUNDERSTANDING
Thursday. Friday aud SATURDAY, Sep
TENDER 9Th, 7th and 18th.
Wilson Townshit-Thompson Sta
tion; M"ndav, Tuesday and Wrdnes-
day, September 10th, nth and 18th.
Linn Township-W Walkers school
House: Thursday, Friday and Satnr-
day, September 18th, nth and 18th.
Prairie Township-BIie's store.
Monday aud Tuesday, September 17tl
aud 18th; and Laddonia, Monday
Sept. 24th.
Cuivre Township-Eizca's schoo
house, Thursday, Sept. goth; Crow
school house, Fritay, Sept. 2lst; ant
vandalia, Tuesday, Sept. 25th.
Sailing wnship-Pisgah schoo
| House, Monday, Tuesday and We'd
ncsdav. Oct. LIST, I'd and Sd.
! Salt River Township-Mexico
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
Oct. stlI, 9th and 10th.
JOHN j. STEELE,
Collector Audrain county
Mexico, Aug. II, 1877. l7-4t
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
IN EUROPE.


Gov. Hendricks and party. after
landing at Queenstown, jotnneyed
thence through Ireland aud Scotland
to England. In the former place they
visited Cork, Blariiey Castle. the
lakes ofKiIlarney. Datlin aud Belfast.
Mr., aad Mrs. Hendricks have written
several letters TO their friends in
America descriptive Of. their trip, eN-
tracts from which have been published
in the Courier-Jourflal. Ireland is
described "a swonlerfuily featftifni.
and Mr.. Hendricks is not surprised
that her. children in America hook
back to their country with sta.h
tender longings. lie dwels with de-
light upon the time spent in the uni
yersity of Dublin, and expresses much
disappointment nj. not finding the
Glenns, formerly of Louisville, at
home. They were in the North OF
Ireland, and their residence was an
dergoing repairs. From Belfast the
H%endrickses crossed to Glasgow.
After reaching London, Mr.. Hendricks
wrote that edinburgh is a city Of
marvellous interest, surprising al
other cities l have eel in beauty
They visited all the places of historic
Importance, and, the Sunday of theil
stay in Edinburgh, went to the Vic
GRAY Friars church to hear q Metre,
or preach. Mr.. Hendricks pronoslss;
sd him the NEST powerful man he has
ever heard i'm the palpit. OF Londoi
MIR. Hendricks had no time to writ
much. After half a weeks sojonrl
he said it could only be described il
a book. He makes n note, however
of the fact that they came from Edin
hurgh TO London, IA distance of ton
hundred miles, in nine hours, aIte
an overland trip that must he enong
to make the head swim. Mr.. Hen
bricks has written that he does DC
propose to shorten his trip, but tbs
they will probably be at home by tn
middle of autumn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
10 BE AN uNiHcKY FARMER.

We are Of The opinion that ali men
are born lucky, but admit that all do
not remain sis. According to this,
0ac might eonclude that there are
some who prefer to be nnlucky, and
If such is the case with yoaa, dear
reader, permit ms to tell yon how you
can manage to secure your prefer
Ecnces
/. Neglect your fences around
your buildings.
2. Put no faith in the saying that
"a stitch in time saves nine.
&. Give your stock the freedom Of
the country.
4. Consider your land rich enough.
5. Move your stable to a new place
when the manure has accumulated so
US to be in the way.
6. Never gather up old bones or
old shoes, or weollep rags for your
grape ylnes.
z. Marry q woman who has been
raised to wipe dishes with table nap
kins, and who is an adept at melting
the coffee pot, at spilling sugar, coffee,
tea and salt,
8. Sleep late Of a maraipg.
3. Have plenty of shade trees. ON
your farm.
10. And last, though not least, be-
come a crossroads politician.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16

MOB LAW.

Law is tie olceding Of individual
rights for the benefit of society.
Each member OF society parts with
certain privileges in order that the
whole may be protected. When in-
dividuals or bodies Of men massed to-
gethcr take from ~sncietr what they
have given up for the good OF the
whole, they il s;itute mob law, and
as they take what is not their own,
they become law breakers, and, If law
breakers. tlon criminals to the extent
of transgression. 1t is moi worth
| while to invent SpcCious excuses for
the application Of mob law. When
we admit that in its exercise all law is
set at naught and right and justice are
dependant upon brute power, We
render amy defense out of the ques-
ton. There can be no justification
for mob law. There may, indeed, he
instances where itsdecfces aecerlwith
those Of the law, hut since all authors
Etv Is wanting the act of the mob cam
not be defended. For, ii . man, or
band Of men, self,cnnstituted, take
the law INTO their own hands they mpst
concede the right of other men and
other self constituted bands to do The
same thing, and thus right and JUS
ftcc becomes i thing of hazard and
chance, and redress OF injury q ques-.
don of brute power. All are eqnaI
Wfpre the i~aw--before the mob ali il.
Inequality. With the law, however
guilty a man may be presumed to be,
he Is entitled to i hearing where his
c:,alsc is represented aud d Judgment
rendered by a jury in whose selection
Id has d voice. In the mob, judge
and Jury are his enemies aud his exc
cutioHers, The only weak xcuse that
tan be put forward for the justification
of mob violence is that the courts do
not always mete out equal and exact
Justice to til: criminal. Grant it, and
yet is the mob more likely to do so!
Ii men through the influence OF per-
sonal friendship or for money allow a
criminal to escape occasionally
through the meshes of the law, how
much more frequently does it happen
that the innocent suffer with the guilty
from the wild frenzy Of the mob?
What Mississippian who has the honor
and lair nanle of bis State at heart
who does not blush with shame ~ ha
RECALLS the Chisholm tragedy, where
innocent childhood was the victim of
the fierce outbreak of "a frenzied mob?
What would We give to wipe out for
ever the reproacl upon orr institu-
lions which late events have brought
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16

us? No true American can eontem-
plate the scenes which occurred in
Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Chicago, and
elsewhere without acknowledging that
a few more such outbreaks will work
the total destruction of u form OF
government.
We have too much mob law, North
and South. There is too much excuse
made for it by shallow, thoughtless
men and designing demagogues. Out
upon IT,, man who values peace and
The blessings of law and order, who,
by uttered or printed word, will, in
the least degree, excuse or defend it.
We have been tainted in the South
with lawlessness and mob violence.
We have Indignantly repealed the as
pesion, and yet in the face of the i'll
dignant denial we find now and then
a man who, with the denial fresh
upon his lips, would appeal to the
violence of the mob. There is u fear
full responsibility resting upon the
press of the country in shaping pub
lie sentiment in the right channel,
The North has had a lesson VIII cf
may well subdue her idle 'ranting ~
to the absolute supremacy of the law.
We have all had a lesson and a warn
ing. We are rapidly Mexicanizing
We are substituting for the peaceful
award of the law the blind fury Of thu
mob, carrying in its tain pillage, in
cendiarism and murder. II we woul,
have liberty, and yet security-if w
would have a government where peac'
and order dwell-where the rich an,
poor are equal-it behooves us to sc
/, ourselves resolutely against the tyran
ny of the mob.-ELittle Roc
(Arkansas) Gazette. =
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16

Relating to the hiring of City En-
gsnecr; passed July %, 1877:
Section i. Be it enacted by the
CITY Council of the City of Mexico,
That the compensation of the City
Engineer shall be five dollars per day
for each day he is actually employed
by the city and to be paid at the
same rates per day for each part of Il
day he may he so employed.
See. 2. That section 10 chapter Nv
of the ordinances of the city OF Mexl.
20 i'm relation to the fees and salaries
is hereby repealed.
X. ii. FOWLER, Mayor.
J. y. RpsEBERRY, Clerk.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN A-NEWS-
. PAPER. b

An exchange very appropriately
says that a child beginning to read be-
comes delighted with newspaper.
because it reads about names and
things which are familiar and it will
progress accordingly. A newspaper
in one year is worth IA quarters
schooling 10 n child. Every father
must consider that information IS CON
nected with advance ment. The mother
of Il family Icing one Of its heads,
and having a more immediate cllarse
of children, should herselfbe instruct
ed. A mind occupied becomes forti-
tied against the ills Of life. and is
braced for any emergency. Children
amused by reading Oh study are OF
course more c~onsiderate and more
easily governed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16

THE b~ondholders pay no taxes
the p~low-holders pay taxes. The
londholdcrs live in luxury, and dress
their wives and daughters in silks and
laces, and diamonds. The pillow
holders toll year in and year out, and
their wives and daughters Il ar calico.
and deny themselves of the luNurios
and almost the necessities of life ID
pay the interest on the bonds held by
the rich. Are the piow-i,olders will
ing 10 always remain the slaves of the
bondholders! We shall see!
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
DRUGGISTS LIQUOR LAW.

The act regulating tho sale of in-
toxicating liquors 10y druggists is now
in force.
Section first provides that no drug
gist shnll sell or give away any in
toxicnting liquors in any quantity less
than II gallon without taking out
license as a dram-shop keeper, ex-
cept for medical purposes. Under
no circumstances is the liquor allow
ed to be drank on the premises.
Penalty, a fine of not less than $40
nor more than 5000.
Section second provides for the
punishment Of any physician who is
sues Il false prescription or certificate,
by a fine similar to that mentioned
above. Wine for sacramental pur-
poses is allowed to he sold.
Section three provides for punish
ing any n forging a certificate of
prescription, by Il fine of not less
than S5banor than $500. or by
Imprisonment notiess than 80 DAYS
nor moro than three months, or by
both such fine and Imprisonment.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16

TnE Southern Democracy will re-
main united. They will unite in de
Tense, not of the man, hut of the prin-
not rr1l ahsAsv VII r. ~tdtsr4ahr, bErt"n~-
cause he is right. Mr.. Hayes, in his
action concerning Louisiana and South
Carolina. returned To the path from
winch President after President had
strayed. The South cannot, Tor her
own sake or the ceuntry's sake. allow
him for that reason TO lie stricken
dOwn.-TCharleston News.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
A WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.

From ~ dispatch to HE Quincy Her
ala We learn that Oh Thursday night.
the I'd inst, the premises Of Louis
Spencer, a farmer living two nliles
northwest of Clambershurg, Clark
county. Mo.,were visited hy som.
unknown persons and the entire farni
Is, consisting Of Mr.. Spencer, two
daughters, aged about seventeen aud
nineteen, and twos solls. nged about
eleven and thirteen. horribly
butelsercd.
II sctms that the father and elder
son slept II The barn during the hot
wcathefs while lie danglaers apt
younger son occupied the house. and
40 doubt the former were covered Is
Il guard, who wcretohe dispatched ID
the event of an alarm.
The oldest daughter was found
dead in bed where she had slept, wf.il.
the Younger sou. not dead lay I'M
G msciols. also Ia bed. The Other
daughter, wiio had, no doubt, fed
from the murders, was found up stairs
dead, all OF them having been knocked
in the head with an ax. The father
lay in the hay unconscious from a
blow with M ny III the head, and his
son lis his side dead, haying.been run
through, the head with a pitchfork
The father and younger son died in
conrse OF the day. The drawer in
which money is supposed to have
been Was broken open and some cloth
inc scattered abouttie ioor. Great ex-
element prevails in the county and n
large crowd numbering many husdred
arc engaged in the search for the muir
derers. Spencer's brother-inlaw,
and q man by the name of Bailey,
were arrested on suspicion of being
the murders.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-08-16
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
Audrain Circuit Court in Vacation.
July %, 1877.
W. ii. KEENAN, plfi.
VI. In debt BY
j. NJ. Anderson deft.S attachment.
: Now, at this day comes the plaintiff
by his attorney, and files his petition.
verified by affidavit, alleging among
other things that he has reason TO be-
,lieve, and does believe, that said de-
PENDANT il Il NONRESIDENT OF the State
of Missouri.
You, said NONRESIDENT defendant,
are therefore hereby notified of The
filing of said petition The object and
Judgment of ten dollars, (SlOl that
your property has been attached, and
unless YOU be- and appear at the next
term OF this court to he begun
and held at the court house ia the
city of Mexico, LIST Monday in Octo-
her next, and plead TO said petition
the same will be taken AS confessed
and Judgment rendered accordingly.
1t is further ordered TINT a copy here
of be published according to law in
the Mexico Ledger, newspaper
printed and published in the :ity of
Mexico.
A true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the
seal nj said court affixed, at
z Office In Mexico. this Esd day
of July, 1877.
JAMES CARROLL, Clerk.
0.Hitt. atty for pla. ll.4t