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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

East. t
Mr.. Moody has brought his revival labors in
Boston to close for the present. During the
fourteen weeks he has held forth in that city
he has preached to over 1.000,0 900 people.
A terrible fire-damp explosion occurred in q
coal mine near Pottsville Pa, last week. Six
men were killed and seven seriously injured by
the accident.
Jacob D. Blondell, a well-known portrait
painter, was found dead in his studio in New
York city, the other day. He had actually
starved to death.
The Philadelphia Exposition for 1877 was
formally opened by the President, in the pres
ence of a large crowd, in the Centennial build
ing on the 10th Of May. There were many
prominent persons present at the opening cere-
monies, and the attendance has been respecta-
BILE in numbers Oh subsequent days.
Campbell & Thayer's oil works, on Water
street, Brooklyn, have been destroyed by fire.
Loss estimated at 100000.
The notorious Tennie G. Clafin puts in a
claim for 100000 against the Vanderbilt es-
tate. She claims that in 1871 she gave the
Commodore $4,000 to operate with in railroad
Stocks and that the original sum and it's &C
cumu1ations, together with compound interest
amounts to 100000. William Fl. Vanderbilt
having refused to pay the claim, she has
brought suit to recover the money.
President Hayes attended the 109th annual
banquet of the New York Chamber of Com
merce last week.
The Rochester IN. y Paper Company's
mills have been burned. Loss, 100000.
West.
Some excitement has been produced in Salt
Lake City by the Warlike speech Of Brigham
Young, delivered in the. Mormon Tabernacle.
The leaderTof the polygaamists is reported to
have said that '.if the Gentiles wanted blood
they could have it, and were likely to have more
of it let out of their veins han they could
spare" The Gentle residents are reported as
thoroughly alarmed, and many of them are pre-
pairing to leave at the first outbreak.
The Chicago Tribune, III a recent issue,
publishes copious grasshopper and crop reports
hom Iowa, Kansas Nebraska and Minnesota,
from which we learn that the Matching out of
the grasshopper eggs has been retarded by the
cold rains and heavy frosts of the past three
or four weeks, and this fact. together with the
destructive services of the parasite that preys
upon the locusts in some localities, encourages
the farmers to hope for at least a partial ex-
emption from the plague. All accounts agree
that the prospect for small grains was never
better than now.
Miss Rose Eytinge, the well-known emotional
actress, is playing an engagement at McYicker's
Chicago Theater. Miss Eytinge is the divorced
wife Of George H. Butler, late Consul to Egypt.
AS a portrayer Of the emotional drama she
probably has no superior on the American
stage.
A fre at Stevens Point, Wis, last week, de-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
The Flag of the ProDhet.

In answer to the question, "What is
the flag of the Prophet, and why, if the
Sultan unfolded it, would the event be Of
such terrible significance as intimated in
the dispatches?'' the Inter- Ocean says:
"The Sanjak Sherif, OF flag of the
Prophet, is regarded by the Mohammed-
ans as their most sacred relic. Moham-
medan writer's tell the story in this way:
Mohammed, the Prophet, captured the
Koreish in battle, and out of his turban
made his first battle-fag This descend
ed to his successors, and went into the
hands of Omar, the real founder of
Mohammedan power. It was kept at
Damascus, then at Bagdad, and was
finally deposited at Constantinople,
where it has been guarded with the
greatest care for three centuries. It is
covered with forty-two wrappings of silk,
and kept in the interior chapel of the
seraglio. The bringing forth of this
sacred relic would be an appeal to all
Mohammedans Nations friendly to the
Sultan advise him not to take such q
step, as it would antagonize all Chris
tian nations. :"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
Sinking of a Turkish Monitor.

A correspondent at Jassy, the Russian
headquarters, gives the following par
tlculars OF the sinking of the Turkish
monitor Loukfgelli by the Russian bat
teries before Ibrail: ''The entire Turkish
fiotllla, consisting of several heavy-armed
monitors and few gunboats of the first
and second classes, appeared before the
town OF lbrail, and. on coming into posi-
ton, began bombarding the place. The
fire OF the Turkish vessels was at once
returned by the Russian shore batteries,
and the artillery battle was soon fierce
and deadly. At length two shells were
fired from a piece in one of the Russian
batteries under the direction of Com
mandant Samailli at one of the monitors
having two turrets and three masts, and
named 'The Loukfgelli.' The vessel
fired at was at a distance of two miles
from the battery, yet both of the
shells struck the monitor as they fell.
The vessel seemed for moment to be
rising out of the water. and in less than
minute after she sunk. There was no
explosion, and the monitor went down so
suddenly that it is believed that the fatal
projectiles did not strike the powder
magazine, but fell into the hold, where
they exploded. AS soon as the catas-
trophe was comprehended in it's fullest
extent the Russians made an effort to
succor their enemies. A boat was dis
patched from the shore to the scene of
ahe wreck, in which were an officer OF
marines named Should've, an aid-de-
camp named Ragoui, and Lieut.. Douba-
noff. They were unsuccessful in finding
any Of the officers and crew in the water,
but Lieut.. Doubanof had the honor OF
capturing the flag of the sunken monitor.
The Inflated vessel was under the com
mand of Hedjet Bri, and had two hun.
| dred men on board at the time she was
so suddenly destroyed. Out of this
number only one man was saved, and he
was picked up at the distance of a mile
from the other Turkish vessels. None Of
the Turkish commanders made any at.
tempt to succor their comrades in dis
tress. The sinking of the monitor was &
remarkable event, sudden and supreme
In it's effects"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
Maple-SGgar Statistics.

A few figures about the maple-sugar
business are suggested by the fact that
this season thirty five tons Of the sugar
have been shipped to market from Brat
tleboro, Vt. The best estimate puts the
yield of a tree at twelve to twenty-four,
say eighteen, gallons a season, and of
sugar not over four pounds That is,
eighteen quarts of sap make pound ;
consequently there were boiled, about
Brattleboro, to make 10000 pounds of
sugar, 100000 quarts of sap, which
was the yield of 800 trees. Suppos-
ing that, the country through,
there are 100 places where as
much sugar is made as about
Brattleboro, then total of 81, 500, 900
gallons of sap is drawn every spring
No doubt this is far less than the actual
amount, yet it would weigh about 252,-
100000 pounds or 10000 tons, and
would make a far greater liquid mass
than some of the reservoirs that have, in
bursting, caused such disaster in the
past few years. A pound of wood burned
raises twenty-seven to thirty-six pounds
of water from thirty-two degrees to the
boiling point. Assuming that pound
Of ordinary forest gathering would boil
the water of thirty-six pounds of sap, it
appears that it would take 100000
pounds $500 tons) of wood to make a
seasons sugar; and also that the fire
wood burned just about equals in weight
the sugar produced. Trees have to be
tapped fuel has to be gathered if not
prepared; and thirty-fvo pounds Of
water have to. be boiled away before the
sugar is reached; moreover, several
weeks are spent at the work. What
wonder that foreign substances some
times creep into the pans Hartford
COllyu?1t.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Cabinet has had under consideration the
Mexican border troubles, and has come to the
conclusion that the time has about arrived
when the bad state Of affairs on the R;a Grande
should cease. In other words, if there is any
more cattle-raiding into Texas the United
States troops are to be authorized to follow the
thieves across the river and capture them
wherever found.
Secretary Sherman has notice that 81, 900, 900
of the Centennial fund, which the Supreme
Court decided should be returned to the Gov
ernment has been paid into the treasury, half
at New York and the rest at Philadelphia. The
| remaining 100000 will be paid in q few days.
The finding and sentence of the court-martial
which lately tried Major Reno for ungentle-
manly conduct toward the wife of subordinate
officer have been approved by the War Depart
ment and the President, but the latter, in con-
| sideration of Reno'slong service, has committed
the penalty to suspension of rank and pay for
two years.
Great pressure is being brought to bear by
| the Pension Agents against the proposed con-
solidation of agencies throughout the country,
but there is no probability of their appeals be-
ing needed by the administration. The con-
solicitations will be completed about the 1st of
| July.
| Orders have been issued for the mastering
out of $500 enlisted men Of the army, that
being the number enlisted under an act of Con
gress, passed just after the Custer massacre,
for service against the Indians. The number
of men to be retained in the infantry regi-
rnents, under these orders, will be only $50.
| Some excitement has been caused in Wash
ington by lecture Of Fred Douglass, delivered
| in Baltimore, arraigning the citizens of the
capital for their habits and social customs.
Several thousand of them have signed a petition
asking the President to remove Douglass.
Secretary Sherman has effected an arrange
ment for the sale to a syndicate of the New
York bankers of $5,O00,OO0 worth of AZ per
cent. bonds during this month and June, to be
paid for in gold and the proceeds applied to
the purchase and withdrawal Of legal-tenders
and fractional currency. It is said to be the
intention of the Secretary to make use of an
equal amount of bonds in the withdrawal of
currency each month, as q preparation for the
resumption Of specie payments nineteen
months hence.
| 1t is rumored that Attorney General Devens
will shortly retire from the Cabinet, in which
event it is said he will succeed Horace Maynard
| as Minister to Turkey.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
Justifiable Homicide.

Last night a gentleman went into
Mayors barber-shop, and, climbing INTO
one of the chairs, stretched himself out
for shave. The barber lathered his
chin, got an edge on his razor, and then
began to tell him his family history, and
Of course he expected the man to give
him his in return, but was somewhat cha
grined to find that his victim was fast
asleep. When the shaving was finished,
he woke the sleeper, and said "Hair
cut?" Ono, sir" tBut you'd better
have it cut, it's getting pretty long. The
summers coming on now Your head'll
get hot and all over dandrufft. "But [
say I don't want it cut. = Nobody in
Virginia wears his hair long now"
!" You ID fool Y shouted the man.
"can't you see wear wig?'' "That's
because you never used my hair invigor-
ator. Lemme sell you bottle % The
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

The English war office has dispatched British
officers to select, at the entrance of the Suez
canal, site for an intrenched camp. England
viii jealousy guard the road to her possessions
in India.
Troops are on their way from England to
strengthen the garrison at Halifax, N. S.
The Prince of Roumania has taken personal
command Of the Roumanian army, and the
Gar has presented him with 1000 horses and
$4,000 rifles
Mr.. Gladstone mas presented, in the British
House of Commons, a petition signed by ma
jority Of the Junior fellows Of Trinity College,
Cambridge University, deprecating the calamity
of war, and saying that the peace of the en-
pire cannot be maintained 50 long as the Otto
man empire exists in its present form,
Not SINCE journal in Europe has received
permission from Russia to send correspondents
to the headquarters Of the Russian army.
Foreign papers give the particulars of the
capture Of monster sea-serpent by the cia-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
What is Chic0ry i?

A short time ago Gossiper made visit
to cotfee-grlnding establishment to get
some idea how the fragrant and delicious
Mocha is manufactured, and there for
the first time he was made practically
acquainted with chiccory, one of the
most common and successful adultrants
Of coffee. Along one side of the room in
the mills were number of bins capable
of containing each, perhaps, eight or ten
sacks of coffee. They were nearly full
at the time of the visit In the first was
coffee of a superior quality, next to it
some not quite SO good; then came chic
cory, then barley and other grains, all
being roasted and ready for grinding.
There was nothing deleterious, only that
the most of it was not coffee by any
means.
Chiccory is species of dandelion, OF
rather it belongs to the same botanical
family as the dandelion. and there is a
great resemblance in the shape of the
leaves of the two, although those of the
chiccory'are much the larger, coarser and
darker colored. The roots of the chic
cory are feshy and milky, and grow to
about the size OF parsnip or carrot.
They mature in October, when sthey are
taken from the ground and spread out tc
dry on raised platforms. A few days
exposure to hot sun makes them sufi-
GENTLY dry for the roasting furnace,
which is made in the shape of cylinder
suspended over hot fire and kept re-
volving until the roots are parched to 6
crisp. This and the drying process re
duce them about one-fourth in bulk
After roasting, the roots are ground to {
coarse powder, like ground coffee, which
is barreled and sent to the market.
The beverage made from pure chic
cory is unpleasant to the taste. Chemic
al analysis proves it to possess few OF the
elements in common with coffee and very
little Of the nutritive properties common
ly ascr1bed to it, In cases where 1t il
used long time it's effects are otter
deleterious, especially upon the nervous
system. One variety of the chiccory il
cultivated in England as a salad, tht
tops having pleasant, pungent flavor
and even the common variety is some
times eaten here when other salads are
scarce, but it is very coarse and strong
and rather too suggestive of the die
upon which Northumberland was for {
time compelled to feed.
The chiccory grows wild in great pro
fusion along the lanes and byways il
England, and in most parts Of Europe
and in California, on the banks of the
San Joaquin, near Stockton, large ares
of land is yearly devoted to the growth
of this plant, and the rich alluvial soils
seem to be peculiarly we'll adapted to it,
luxuriant growth. Boston Commercial
| Bulletin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
LAYING the Gables.

A New York paper gives the following
as the manner of laying the cables over
the East River bridge: There will be
four separate cables Each cable will
consist of 5000 No. 7 steel wires, the
combined weight of which will be %,
100000 pounds. These wires will be
laid singly. At first twelve strands Will
be thrown from tower to tower, each
strand having 332 wires. After twelve
strands have been swung the central
seven will be grasped in the arms of the
COMPRISING machine, which will, little
by little, bind the strands together, pre-
cisely as one would unite several strings
in a core by pushing hand slowly along
the line. AS the strands are brought to-
gether they will be bound tightly by steel
bands Or an exterior coating Of steel
wire. The core being made, further
installment Of seven strands will be
caught together, and the two ropes will
be compressed by. the machine The
rest follows in the same way-a very
simple but a powerful procedure. When
the whole 5000 wires are. bound in
strands together, the diameter will be
15s inches. About this will be cooled
wire band as a wrapping, making the en-
tire diameter 154 inches.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17

stroyed Copp's planning mill and large guam
tity Of lumber. Loss, 100000.
South.
A party of European capitalists have just
purchased S8,00o,000 worth Of orange lands in
Florida, and will bring into the State 1900 or
5000 hardy farmers from England, France,
Germany and Italy.
The cornerstone for monument dedicated
to the Confederate dead was laid at Chatta-
nooga, Tenn, last week detachment Of
Federal troops, headed by the Second Infantry
band, participated in the ceremonies.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
The Formulation of Paris.

The census taken of Paris shows the
population, in round numbers, to be
100000, being an increase of 135, 600
In favor Of 1876 over 1872. In 1866 the
increase of the population was $50, 900
for five years, result duly scored to the
paternal government of the empire
During the siege year there were $4,000
deaths, nearly double the ordinary NOR
talty, and 5000 deaths are due to the
Commune there are 5000 forced Paris
ian emigrants at New Caledonia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
GOverness at the White House.

When Mrs. Hayes arrived in Wash
ington from Ohio, Miss Virginia Peyton,
a highly-educated young lady Of 20, and
a granddaughter of the late Bishop
Johns, Of Virginia, living near Washing
ington, determined, being teacher by
profession, to apply for that position to
the Presidents children. She had no
influential friends, and so determined,
without letters or recommendations, to
apply in person. So one morning she
went to the White House and inquired
for Mrs. Hayes. The Presidents wife
received her very kindly, and, hearing
her business, promised, after long con-
versation, to make inquiries and COM
municate with her forthwith. The re-
suit of her inquiries was so favorable
that the intrepid young lady was Ell
gagged as governess for her children at a
handsome salary.-Staotrato'a V0.) Yin
dictator.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
The Railway Business.

It appears from an article in the Bail
aOGY Age that in the first three months
Of this year thirteen railroads, with a
completed mileage of 1869 miles, and
representing an apparent cost Of about
$50, 900, 600, have been sold out for NOM
inal sums, the sale generally wiping out
everything but the first mortgage. Nine
roads, with a mileage of little less than
HOO miles, not counting the partly
graded roadway of one, and representing
az apparent cost of about $67, 900, 900,
have passed into the hands Of receivers
between Jan. 1 and April l. A number
Of other roads are to be sold during the
summer as the result OF DEGREES already
made.
While the showing is not gratifying,
says the Age, it is not chargeable to the
present condition of railway business
and prospects. Most of the roads named
have long been in a moribund condition,
the result of previous misfortune or ex-
cesses; and, even if general prosperity
had returned, their taking-off would be
q matter Of necessity and expediency.
They are mostly'cf the second OF third
class, and, although the losses which
they involve fall just as heavily upon in
dividuals as if they were trunk lines, the
aggregate is not so significant Others
still must go by the board, but it may
reasonably be hoped that the sitting out
process is nearly completed, and that
with the return of better times, to which
people are looking forward with SO much
hope, there will soon be a pause in the
downward movement, followed by a re-
turn to general prosperity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17
American Tract Society.

The receipts of the American Tract
Society the past year were S449, 269 /;
expenditures, SAL, 119 in same period !;
200 colporteurs labored in thirty-two
States, and addressed 6,037 meetings.
made 1922 89 family visits, and prayed
with SO, 388 families. During thirty-six
years over Is, OO0,O 900 volumes have been
distributed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-17

foregoing is the substance of the testi-
mony at the Coroner's inquest this morn
ing. The jury promptly rendered ver-
diet OF justiiable homicide Virginia
(Neu. Chronicle.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-26
THE "BIBLE CHIEF
Sheridan Sits Down on Him.

Chicago, Oct. 25.-Gen. o. o. How
ard who arrived from the. west last
night, having either personally or
through an officer given out without
the consent or knowledge of Gen. Sher.
idan report made by himself to Sher-
idan, concerning the Nez Perces war,
which at least gives more fiattering
account of his share in the hostilities
than was given in the other reports,
and the Tribune having published that
report, this morning, Gen. Sheridan
has called his attention to an old order,
which makes such action misdemean-
or punishable by dismissal, and init
mates that upon repetition of the
offense the punishment will be visited
upon the head of the transgressor.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-26
TELEGRAPHIc TICKS.

The Episcopal convention at Boston
adjourned sine die ON Thursday.
Pilgrimage won the Dewhurst plate,
at the Newmarket races, England, yes
terday.
A snow storm yesterday visited a
large section of country extending along
the st. Lawrence river.
The Kennebec fibre company's fac
tory at Waterville, Maine, was con-
sumed by fire on Thursday: loss,
$4,000; insured.
One of the officers of the steamship
Koeln was arrested in New York on
Thursday. charged with stealing from
the store-room of the vessel package
of diamonds valued at s11, 900.
The run on the Union dime savings
bank of New York still continues. I'M
proved arrangements enable 125 depos-
itors to be paid each hour. The heavy
depositors do not withdraw their funds.
The strike of the coal miners in Eng
land now includes five thousand men,
and two thousand more will go out on
Saturday. The Staffordshire miners
are voting whether they will accept the
reduction insisted on by the proprietors.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-26

first acts. The delay, however, is not
unusual, and has many precedents.
Doubtless the Pennsylvania delega-
tion acted in good faith in pressing
Simon Cameron for the English mis-
sion. The entire affair seems to have
been mistake on all sides.
Gen. Fitzpatrick predicts that Nc
Clellan cannot carry New Jersey, be-
cause of the 20, 900 labor votes that op-
pose him.
The action of the Senate elections
committee to-day indicates that they
will investigate Evarts during the last
eight months in Louisiana, and proba-
bly, the President Hayes commission,
which went down there in March, who
will be asked concerning the process by
which the Nichols legislature was Sc
cured.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-10-26
WASHINGTON.
Mi.chell's Timber Land Bill.

Mitchelrs Timber Land Bill.
Washington, Oct. 25.-A bill was
introduced in the Senate to-day by
Senator Mitchell, to enable bona fide
settlers upon public lands of the United
States to locate upon and purchase
tract of timber land not exceeding
forty acres to each settler. 1t is for the
benefit of settlers upon agricultural
lands in Oregon, and Washington Ter
ritory especially, many of whom have
lands, but not enough timber thereon
for fenceing and other necessary pur-
poses. The timber lands in the noun
tain districts have been visited in a
number of instances for the purpose of
securing fuel and timber, and num-
ber Of arrests have been made for tres
pass by Government officials. Should
this bill become q law, any settler can
purchase forty acres Of such timber
land, upon the payment of S1.25 per
acre.