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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
A Strange Presentiment.

The death by drowning of Jacob
Wilderborg yesterday brought to light
some singular facts showing that the IN
fortunate man had remarkable present
iment of his impending fate. Wider
borg, who vas 81 years of age, was in
the employ Of Lewis NJ. Smith, in Fell's
Point market. He was directed by Mr..
Smith to place barrel of beef on YES
sci lying in the stream. Wilderborg
procured boat at the foot OF Fell street,
from Robert Rolls, in which, at his re-
quest, sail was set, and proceeded to
Henderson's wharf. The barrel was
then placed On the boat. Before push
ing off he handed to Mr.. Rells one of
Mr.. Snoith's tags, on which he wrote his
name. At he same time he gave him
so cents, saying, eff [ am drowned this
will give you my place of residence. :"
He then started for the vessel, but had
not proceeded far before his boat seemed
to be at the mercy of the wind, and
drifted into the trough of the waves.
He apparently lost his presence of mind
and also the control of the boat, which,
by the action of the waves and the wind,
was capsized and he was thrown into
the water. A number Of persons were
on the wharf at the time, and, observing
Wilderborg struggling in the water, sew
eral boats were manned and started to his
rescue. Before they succeeded in get
ting near him, however, he disappeared
beneath the water and was drowned.
Efforts were Immediately made to re-
cover the body, and, after dragging
several hours, those engagedin the work
were successful. DR.. Ireland, Coroner,
deemed an inquest unnecessary. The
body was removed by the friends of the
deceased to the Hebrew hospital, on
East Monument street, where it was
prepared for interment. baltimore Ca
zette.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
Black Hills BrigandS.

A letter from Cheyenne, w. t., gives
the following particulars of the last
robbery of the Deadwood and Cheyenne
mail coach
The coach had a guard of two soldiers,
the division agent, Benham, and Express
Manager Scott Davis, beside the driver,
Charles Denna. The coach is known as
the regular treasure coach, carrying a
small steel safe supposed to be burglar
proof. It is secured firmly to the coach
with iron bands and rods, so that in case
it is even released the robbers will have
hard labor to secure the treasure. After
leaving the old stockade they watched
and safely passed two of tine sold
places" or where they had been robbed
before, and were about to congratulate
themselves that they had passed all dan
ger when the word "Halt p and rifle
shot was heard. Davis raised his gun
and fired at where he supposed the rob-
bers were lying. This was signal for
general fire from them. Not one of the
party on the stage except Davis fired a
shot. The soldiers dropped their guns and
jumped from the coach running as hard
as their legs could carry them, seeking
safety in the darkness. Davis continued
firing until shell burst in the chamber
of his rife and he was unable to extri-
cate it, and then, and not until then, did
he give up. The robbers, now having
everything their own way, arose from
their hiding-places and searched each
one for what valuables they could find.
They soon saw it was useless to try to
break the safe loose, and, after taking
the guns and revolvers away from the
party, and telling them that after ex-
aiming the arms by daylight, if they
found any they did not want, the arms
would be left at certain tree close by,
the robbers departed, leaving the ex-
press men to themselves, who, after wait
ing for the brave boys in blue to return
to the front, started on their weary ride
to Hat creek.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11

A correspondent of the New York
Times writes that the Odessa merchants
will not give more than 5000 silver
roubles for q. 900 paper roubles. That
is to say, one silver rouble is worth 81
paper roubles. The paper rouble is
deprecated III per cent, or is worth
only 2S3 cents OF it's face. Americans
who are accustomed to see the greenback
price of gold quoted, instead of the gold
price OF greenbacks, will perhaps Under
stand the situation better from the state
ment that at the above figure silver
would be quoted at 350in Russian paper
at Odessa. The advance from no or
lis to $50 has taken place within five
months. With us the highest quotation
of gold during the civil war was 2S5, and
this figure was not reached until the fall
of 1864, forty-two months or more after
the commencement of the war. Russian
paper has fallen sixty-five points lower
in less than five months than greenbacks
fell in forty-two months. IT the depre-
citation goes on, as it certainly viii I'M
less the issue is stopped, Russian paper
will become utterly worthless before two
months more have passed away.
About the LIST of January last the pa
per money of Russia outstanding was
734, 732, 900 roubles, or about $500, O0O,-
QUO. During the twelve months pre-
ceding that date the Imperial Bank. which
issues the paper money, lost $50, 900, 900
Of it's coin reserve. During the five
months following 100000 roubles
more in notes was issued. We can only
judge as to the issues since May by the
depreciation, which would indicate an
emission of an amount equivalent to at
least 100000, The total paper
money of the empire at the present time
is probably not less than $3.50, 600, 900.
It is evident from the statement of the
correspondent above cited that Russia
cannot much longer depend upon new
issues of paper money. 1t must obtain
the means for prosecuting the war in
some other wayA 1t can no longer bor-
row from foreign capitalists, and home
loans have never proved very successful
Possibly one might succeed now, when
the war fever is raging so iercely, but it
is more likely that the Government will
have to resort to forced loan. Wheth-
er the war fever will continue to burn
under the assuaging influence of such a
measure remains to be seen.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11

The Bank Of France is permitted by
the law under which specie payments
were suspended to resume when the
debt owed it by the Government is re-
duced to $6O,O0O,OOO. The date fixed
for liquidation of the debt to this point
was Jan. 1, 1878. But already the re-
duction has progressed so far that but
So, 900, 900 remain to be paid in order to
bring down the figures of the debt to
$780, 100000, the last statement of the
Bank of France showing that SIS, 10000
have been lately paid by the Government.
The resources of the Government allow
it to pay the balance of $4,000, 900 at any
moment, but it is believed that the let
ter of the law will be so followed as not
to resume specie payments before the
date set.
An idea can be had of the manner in
which the national debt of France is
distributed among the people from the
following figures. The number of men
in France over 81 years is about
1000, 600, and the number of bond-hold-
ers nearly 4, 100000:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
Mehemet and Suleiman,

The assertion that the Turkish Cabi-
net really distrusts foreigners in the
Ottoman armies, or is not disposed to
favor them, is borne out by the removal
of Mehemet Ali from the command of
the armies in Bulgaria. Mehemet Ali is
German by birth, and his real name is
Karl Detroit. He ran away from school,
went to Constantinople, became the IA
vorite of Ali Pasha, then Minister of
Foreign Affairs, was converted to Mo-
hammedanism, was sent to the military
academy at Constantinople, was made
Captain in 1854, and gradually rose to
the rank of Major General. He sue
ceeded Abdul Kerim as Commander-in-
Chief few months ago, and all the Turk
ish successes have been achieved since
he took command. Suleiman Pasha,
the new Commander-in- Chief, has done
nothing in this campaign to distinguish
himself, except to pound away at
Schipka pass.
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A RaScaIIY Treasurer.

Lewis Myers, the Treasurer @of An
glaze county, Ohio, who was found tied
to chair and gagged, and who said that
robbers had held him over the fire and
scorched him until he consented to open
the safe, from which they took about
S32, 900, has now confessed that there
were no robbers save himself and his
confederates. His story now is that
about eighteen months ago he left the
Auditor, J. F. Smith, in his office alone,
and soon afterward missed $1,000 from
the safe. The loss was covered up, and
then Smith and he robbed the treasury
between them. The Auditors house
was searched, and 81, 795 was found hid
den under carpet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
FAREWELL TO SUMMER.
BY GEORGE ARNOLD.


Summer is fading the broad leaves that grew !,
SO freshly green when June was young are 1ail-
ing;
And all the whisper haunted forest through
.Hhe restless birds in saddened tones are calnng
From rustlng hazel copse and tangled dell:
Farewell. sweet summer,
Fragrant, fruity summer,
Sweet farewellw
Upon the windy hill, in many held,
The honey bees hum slow above the clover,
Cleaning the latest sweets its blooms may yield,
And knowing that their harvest time is over,
Sing half lullaby and half hnell:
Farewell, sweet summer,
Honey-laden summer,
Sweet fareweuW
The little brook that babbles mid the ferns,
DER twisted roots and sandy shadows playing,
Seems fain to linger in its eddied turns,
And with plaintive, purling voice is saying,
Sadder and sweeter than my song can tell:
Farewell, sweet summer.
Warm and dreamy summer,
Sweet farewelp
The fitfuI breeze sweeps down the winding lane,
With gold and crimson leaves before it flying;
It's gusty laughter has no sign of pain,
But IN the lulls it sinks to gentle signing,
And mourns the summers early broken spell
Farewell, sweet summer,
Rosy, blooming summer,
Sweet farewell
SO bird and bee and brook and breeze make moan,
With melancholy song their loss complaining;
I, too, must join them, as 1 walk alone
Among the sights and sounds of summers wan
ing;
I, too, have loved the season passing we'll
&c. farewell summer,
Fair but faded summer,
Sweet farewell |!
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
England'S Decline.

A member of the British Parliament
in recent speech adverted to the Curl
GUS speculations concerning the decline
of England. The period Of this decline,
he thought, was far distant, inasmuch
as English agriculture is not only foEr-
ishing, but more fourishing than ever
before. The annual value of the agricult-
ural produce of the United Kingdom in
fair average year is about $500, 000,-
900. This is as near as can be calculat-
ed-no very accurate statistics being.
made on the subject. "This, said the
speaker, els about double the amount
of the produce of our looms, three times
that of our FORCES, and four or five times
a years produce of our mines"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
White-Hat DaV.

Wednesday was "white. hat day" on
the New York Stock Exchange. Formal
notice had been given early in the week
that at noon all summer ''tiles" would
be called in, but many of the men,
bers either forgot or disregarded the
warning, and suffered in consequence.
William Heath was the first victim
About r. m. he entered the Exchange
in brown study, with his thumbs
thrust in the arm-holes of his waistcoat.
In moment his tall, white hat was
whirling in the air, and as it touched
the floor again twenty brokers jumped
upon it. This sort of diversion was
kept up all the afternoon. Whenever q
person entered wearing the prescribed
headgear shout went up, and generally,
before the alarmed broker could run the
gauntlet, his hat was crushed out of
shape. Late in the afternoon at least
one-third of the brokers doing business
on the floor were bareheaded, and doz-
ems of crushed white hats were whirling
in the air Or ornamenting the gas brack-
cts. Straw hats were treated even in a
worse manner. They were torn apart
in many instances, and the floor was
strewn with the fragments. A favorite
trick was to approach an unconscious,
bare-headed broker from behind and pull
a dilapidated white tile down over his
face and ears. His frantic efforts to dis
lodge it were hindered by hundreds of
willing hands. One old fellow, whose
head had been ornamented with the
lining of dismembered hat by another
joker, started "walk around" The
other members formed a ring and ap-
plauded him vociferously, until the
Chairman raped them to order. The
neighboring hatters drove brisk trade
in the evening. -NeaV York Letter.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
FAMINE,S HORRORS.
Women Boiling and Eating Their Own
Babies in India.

Women Boiling and Eating Their Own
Babies in India.
The ST. Louis Republican publishes
the following private letter, written by
magistrate on the island called Paum-
beu, in India, to his brother in Missouri:
CT am SO fearfully sick of this dread
full famine; people dying of starvation
all around and out of ones power to as
sist. Returning from my morning ride
one day this week I found woman in
the last stage of starvation, and although
l procured sage and brandy for her the
poor creature died. I am to hold
meeting this evening to start a private
congee house to relieve the necessities
of some. Every day we give rice and
is heavy drain. Rice sells at twenty
five shillings bag of 164 pounds, which
last year could be bought for eighteen
shillings, and of course everything is
dear IN proportion in the vegetable line:
but COWS and poultry are to be bought
in the same place for nominal sums only.
The people have nothing to feed them
on, and in some places there is actually
a famine of water as we'll as food. Grass
is an article of importation, and pays for
it's conveyance. We feed about 800 peo-
pie daily, one meal day only, giving
but enough to keep them alive. We
cannot afford to give more, as we shall
have, probably, to feed them for four
months, perhaps longer. Last month
was great festival time among the Hin
docs, but, owing to the famine, not
many came to market, although there is
temple here much frequented by de-
voices. Sometimes, after landing on
the shore, they roll the whole way eight
miles, to pay their devotions. In one
taleeg $4,000 died of starvation in a
month. In our district 1000 died in
May. Is it not terrible? You cannot
imagine what scenes we Indians see and
hear daily. Can you fancy woman
boiling and eating her own baby? That
occurred not many miles from here only
last week. When possible superintend
the giving of food, and have often seen
the mothers take the children's share
and eat it themselves. I must add that
I make it up to the poor little things,
when possible, by giving them an extra
allowance, as [ feel that only the pangs
OF utter starvation would induce another
to rob her child, for, although black in
color, they are not devoid of feeling"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11
DRIFT HITMOR.

He packed his valise in his bedroom
Then carefully raised the sash,
And attached to the well-worn handle
The end of long whip-lash.
Softly he lowered the treasure,
And thought how the landlord would swear
When he arose in the morning
And found that his man wasn't there.
Slowly the Yalise descended
Into the darkness of night,
When the voice of the landlord shouted:
Let go; I've got il all right"
OIL City call.
The circus is coming again, and once
more we will have the pleasure of wit
Messing the cheerful spectacle of seven
church members taking one little two
year old child to see the animals. 81
didn't go into the circus department., "
said a good deacon after the last moral
show was here, "but I dropped in to
look around the menagerie a few mo-
ments with my little grandson; and [
do think the man that tied his legs in
bow-knot round his neck and then
crawled through hoop was alone worth
the price of admission.
The LATEST CURIosITIEs. fence
made from the ratings of scolding
wife. A plate of butter from the cream
of a joke. The small coins in "the
change Of the moon" The original
brush used in painting the signs of the
times. The latest contract with the
trade-winds. The chair in which the
sun sets. A garment for the naked eye.
A buckle to fasten on laughing-stock.
The animal that drew the inference. An
egg from the nest of thieves A bucket
of water from "All's we'll" Soap with
which a man was washed overheard.
The strop which is used to sharpen the
waters edge. A portion of the yeast
used in raising the wind. The saucer
belonging to the cup of sorrow. Hinges
and locks for the trunk of an elephant.
A feather from the wings of flying re-
port.
AS ONE of the "curiosities of itera-
ture % connected with watches, we may
cite the following, which can be seen in
the church-yard at Lydford, Devonshire,
England, and is something in the style
of BENJAMIN Franklin's celebrated cpl
taph:
Here lies in horizontal position
The outside case of
George Routledge, Matchmaker.
Integrity was the main spring and prudence the
regulator of all the actions of his life;
Humane generous and liberal,
His hand never stopped till he had relieved dis
tress;
SO nicely regulated were his movements that he
never 1gent ayro7ls
Except when set agOing by people who did not
know his key;
Even then he was easily set right again.
He had the art of disposing OF his time so well
That his hours glided away in one continued
round of pleasure,
Till in an unlucky moment his pulse stopped
beating.
He ran dOlUn Nov. IA, 1902, aged 81,
In hopes of being taken an hand by his Maker,
Thoroughly cleaned, repaired, around up and set
Gg0ing
In the world to come when time shall be no
more.
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titled to only the young animals we cap
ture. The beautiful skins of the
leopards, lions, and other animals we
kill, the tusks Of the elephants, the
feathers of the ostriches, and all other
similar spoils go to the native sheikhs and
chiefs and these old rascals are as sharp
at a trade as the shrewdest 'old clio
merchant you have in Chatham street.
8 La the encampments the natives as
sist in taking care Of the animals and do
general work, but the mental duties are
performed by Nubian slaves, who are
very cheap and can be bought in num-
bers to suit. Among the natives the
women are looked upon as inferior.
Women never eat with their husbands.
The husband is allowed four wives and
as many slaves as he can corral"
A sufficient number and variety of
animals having been secured, caravan
is formed to take them across the desert
to Germany or America. This usually
consists of about one hundred camels,
each having it's native driver; thirty or
forty horses for the white men and Arab
hunters and their attendants a flock Of
from $50 to 200 goats, for their milk and
also for food, and black slaves to look
out for the goats. The wild animals are
secured in strong boxes and carried on
the camels' backs. They are all young,
and are fed principally with goats milk,
although occasionally, to keep them in
good spirits and fine condition, they are
given pieces of raw goats meat. Horses
are very cheap there, ranging from $15
to 500 each-the natives even cheaper,
So being thought an extravaganza price
per man for the trip. Milking goats are
worth 81 each, and others about so cents
The journey usually occupies from
thirty to forty days, and all travelling is
done between 3 and II o'clock in the
morning and and II in the evening.
During midday the suns rays are so
fiercely hot as to make labor or travel
ing hazardous, and none is attempted
The route home is much the same as
that taken going out, and in due time
the beasts are landed, usually with very
little loss, on the great stock wild ami
NAL farm of Charles Reiche & Bro, in
Afeldt, Hanover. There they remain
until needed to fill orders of showmen in
either Europe or America, while their
hardy captors take three months of rest
and recreation before starting on an
other trip
The Reiche Bros. have nearly $780,
900 invested in this enterprise, which
they have successfully conducted for
many years. The extravaganza of the
prices paid for some beasts is little
known. AS high as $4,000 has been
paid for a single hippopotamus in good
condition. To-day 500, 900 would hard
ly buy specimen, as there is not one
in the country that is known to be for
sale. A rhinoceros is worth from
$4,000 to $1,000, according to the de-
mand and excellence. Giraffes sell for
81, 900 to $4,000, lions from $500 to
$4,000, leopards from 5000 to $4O0,
hyenas about the same, and ostriches
from $500 to $500. Elephants vary in
price, for, while some have sold for as
low as $1,000, as high as $4,000 has
been paid without grumbling for fine,
big, intelligent one.-NeaO York Times
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Grant and the Working People.

The English workingmen are taking a
pardonable pleasure in lionizing Gen.
Grant, and the ex-President gives them
a rare qualification in submitting grace
fully. The guests whom England de-
lights to honor are not in the habit of
visiting Newcastle on Tyne, Sunderland
and these haunts of toll, nor of attend
ing mass-meetings Of thousands of
miners, assembled on the heath in
trades unions. These demonstrations
are under the immediate auspices of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-10-11

Thomas Burt, NJ P, one of the two or
three workingmen who have risen to
seats in Parliament. The Kings and
Emperors get no farther than London,
Windsor or Manchester, but in Gen.
Grant the laboring classes of the prov
lnces see man of their own class who
had risen to be President of the great
republic. These things will make Gen.
Grants tour an event long to be remem-
bered by the English common people,
Springfield Republican.
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WIT AND HUMOR.
AFFECTION which is never reciprocated
affection.

AFFECTION which is never reciprocated
Neuralgia affection.
LIE most costly iewelry the Russians
can boast OF are their Turk wars.
:, WHAT letters of the alphabet are most
ike Roman Emperor? The C's are.
MAN glories in his strength: woman
both. ~ o-AO'
New YORK is still exercised about
kind? w '>'-
RUSSIA is going to let another loan.
She should have let Turkey alone in the
first place.
A GIRL may read about heaven all her
lie, but she never has anything like q
correct idea of it till she gets her first
beau.
A WRITER says that when a swimmer
gets the cramp he should turn his toes
toward the knee. Another good way is
to turn your toes toward the middle of
the pond and paw for the nearest dry
land.
DEATH is sad thing" remarked a
Schenectady woman as she stood beside
an open grave. eyes, poor thing" re-
Piled another, chow he did like to sit
down to good boiled dinner where the
pork was just right"
IT was simply an informal affair.""
wrote the editor of little strawberry
party at neighbours house. SIT was
simply an internal affair, ;" read the COM
position, and that editor will never get
any more invitations from that quarter.
MONTGOMERY SEARS, of Boston, was
married a few days ago, and gave his
bride wedding present of residence
costing $4,000. Mr.. Sears, we under
stand, is not newspaper paragrapher,
and some persons may be at loss to
know how he accumulated so much
wealth. -NorristoWn Herald.
SOMEBODY writes to a Chicago news
paper to complain because the President
of one of the plundered savings banks
closed it as soon as he did, and says:
"They say he could have held out from
six to seven minutes longer, as the bank
had 1852, to say nothing of the odd 81
cents, which might have prolonged its
existence a quarter of a minute longer
after the $62 had been exhausted
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A. r. OUTBR1DaE. in the Phi1ada1obia

A. E. OUTBRIDGE, in the Philadelphia
Mint, has obtained, by experiments in
electro chemistry, films of gold so thin
that $500, 900 would be required to
make an inch in thickness; yet the films,
when examined through the microscope,
are seen to be continuous. They are
transparent, and of a bright green color;
but by reflected light they resume the
true gold color.