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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-15

7AHNEN BROTHERS, No 70 Main ST., Keno
III sha Merchant Taors. We keep constantly
on hand well selected stock OF cloths, Gents
Furnishing Goods, Ready Made Clothing, Hats
and Caps of the latest styles. Work done and
goods sold rs cheap as at any other establishment
In the city.
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RIiSSiSSiDDi.

| Mississippi.
1881. Branch X Bruce,
1883. L Q G Lamar,
Missouri.
1879. LeoC&S Y BO0u,
1881. r n COckret,
New Hampshire.
1879. b Wadleigh,
1883. E III Rollins,
New Jersey.
1881. T p Randolph.
1883. j r McPhel'SOn,
New York.
1879. Roscoe CrOnkling.
1881. Francis Herman,
Nebraska.
1881. A S Paddock.
1883. Alvin Saunders.
Nevada.
1879. John p Jones,
1881. William Sharon,
North Carolina.
1879. Il S MGrrimdn,
1888. Mat " Ransom.
Ohio.
1870. John Sherman,
1881. a G Thurman.
Oregon.
1879. John IL Mitchell.
1888. LIB Grocer,
Pennsylvania.
1879. Simon Cameron.
1881. Vim Il Wallace
Rhode Island.
1881. A f Burnside,
1883 III B Anthony.
South Carolina.
1879 j j Patterson.
1888. d T COrbin,
Tennessee.
1881. James e BGileu.
1888. ISlldm G Harris.
Texas.
1881. s B MdTey.
1888 Richard Coke,
Vermont.
1879. Justin S Morrill,.
1881. Geo f Edmunds.
Virginia.
1881. Robert E WitherS,
1883. J W Johnston,
West Virginia.
FrCIlk Hereford,
1888. Henry G Darts,
Wisconsin.
1879, Tim o Howe.
1881. Angus Cameron.
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livery STABLE-Ben. Jewett is prepared. to
Ii furnish the best Horses and Carriages, for
business or pleasure on the shortest notice.
Hearse at all times ready to attend funerals.
Stable on Market square, near the Post Office,
KenOsha, Wisconsin.
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ALABAMA.

ALABAMA.
1879. Geo. E. Spencer.
1883. John z. Morgan,
ARKANSAS. j
1879. S. w. Dorsey.
1888. 4. II. Garland.
CALIFORNIA,
1879. Aaron A. Sargent.
1881. Newton Booth.
COLORADO.
1881. j. B. Chaffee.
1888. Henry NJ. Teller.
CONNECTICUT.
1879. Wml, Fl. BdT7llCl7l.
1881. I'm. w, Eaton.
DELAWARE.
1881. ThOs. r. BGydrd.
1888. Eli Salisbury.
FLORIDA.
1879. S. B COnOver.
1881. Charles A.JOnes.
GEORGIA.
1879. John 3. GOrden.
1888. Benz. II. Hill.
Illinois
1870. r. j. OgleSby.
1888. David DGUiS.
Indiana.
1879. Oliver 2. Morton.
1881. J. E. Mcdonald.
Iowa.
1879. VIM. B. Allison.
1888. s. j. KirkwOOd.
Kansas.
1879. John j. Ingalls,,
1883. Preston B. Plumb,
1 Kentucky.
1879. INO. q. McCf6Grg,I
1883. James II. Beck,
Louisiana.
1879. James p Lewis,
1888. w P Kellogg.
Maine.
1879. Hannibal Hamlin,
1881. James J Blaine,
MARYLAND.
1879. Geo r Dennis,
1881. " p Whyte, |
Massachusetts.
1881. Henry i Dawes,
1883. George F Hoar.
Michigan.
1881. I 2 ChriStiancy.
1883. Thomas w Ferry,
Minnesota.
1881. s j Il Nc MILAN,
1888. William Window.
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MARBLE WORKS.
WI HUGGTNS G. WASHBURN
KenOsha and Racine, Wis Monumental and
GravestOne work executed in the highest style Of
the art Il. T. ROBERTS, Agent.
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United State Senate After March 4.

Brighton, Wis.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-01-30

The President returned this important
bill to the Senate with his approval yes.
terday, and it is now n law.
To-day the grand Commission provided
for in the bill will be organized. The
House will name Garfield and Hoar, Re-
publicans, and Payne, Hunton and Alb
bOtt, Democrats. The Senate will name
Edmunds, Freelinghuysen and Morton,
Republicans, and Thurman and Bayard,
Democrats. The four Justices OF the Su-
preme Court are Clifford, Field, Miller
and Strong. 1t is announced in Wash.
ington dispatch this morning that under
no circumstances will Justice Davis con.
sent TO be the iiIh Judge. Having been
elected Senator he no doubt feels that it
would not be proper for him to act. In
this decision he shows both patriotism
and good sense. The fifth Justice will
therefore be either the Chief Justice or
elsc Swaync, Bradley or Hunt-quite
possibly Swayne, in case the Chief Justice
decides not TO act. OF Justice Swayne's
fitness for such u position, we have the
following testimony from the Democratic
editor of Noahs IN. ~ Times and Iessen-
ger. Here is what he says:
"Judge Swayne was appointed by
President Lincoln as Republican; his
family connections are nearly all Repub-
licans. He came from the State Of Ohio,
which presents one Of the contesting as
pirants for the Presidency, also Repub-
lican; yet we may say sans peur ei sdnS,re-
4 Troche, as Democrat, and Democrat
who believes his faith to be as unwaver-
ing in politics as in religion, that we
know no gentleman in the land, Democrat
or Republican, in point OF sterling integ-
rity and judicial capacity whom We
would sooner see entrusted with the de-
Gliding vote OF the committee than Judge
Swnyne,
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FOREIGN NEWS.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.

CoNsrANTtSoPLE, January 29.-The
Servian government reouesls that the
Ottoman Ambassador at VienuR will en-.
ter into negotiations with the seryian
agent there, having no representative At
Constantinople.
The Prince OF Montenegro has not vet
replied 10 the invitation to treat for
peace directly with Turkey.
vienna, January 29.-The Monido's
semi.otiicial dispatch says II has reason
to believe that the expected Russian cir.
cnlar will open an entirely new phase OF
the Eastern question. The note will re.
duce the present situation to one OF the
following alternatives: viii the powers
attribute mere platonic character to
the views they expressed at the confer
ence, or will they bring more rigorous
pressure upon the Porte. The former
would probably result in procrastination,
and the latter in further Independent ac.
tion by Russia. In any case the Porte
must hasten its movements II Il intends,
by carrying out its constitution and by
the conclusion Of peace with Seryia and
Montinegro, to deprive Russia Of all the
grounds for Intervention,
The same paper concludes as follows
Although the danger Of war ia not imme.
diately threatening, 1t can only he ban.
ished from the political horizon by great
e1ertions.
LONDON, January GA telegram
from Constantinople says il is stated that
the Porte intends to appoint five Chris.
tianS to be Governors ol the provinces.
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rhc Chamberlain government.

COLUMBIA, January 29.-Circuit Judge
Carpenter rendered the following deci-
sion to-day on his return from Washing
ton:
/. find conclusions Of law that D. II.
Chamberlain was not on 7th Of December
last legally installed as Governor ofSoulh
Carolina.
.. Wade Hampton was not on the Nth
day Of December, 1876, legally installed
into the Office Of Governor Of said State.
3. The attempted installation Of D. II.
Chamberlain being illegal and void, it did
not operate in the law as n resignation Of
the office as Governor which he held at
that time, as by the Constitution the Gov.
ernor holds his office for two years, and
until his successor is chosen and quail
led, and as there has been no legal quail.
fcation Of his successor, D. H. Chamber
lain is lawfully in possession Of the Ex.
ecutiye Office, and entitled to discharge
the functions Of the same until such
qualification takes place.
A case similar to the one indicated above
is now pending in the Supreme Court.
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WASHINGTON, January 29.-At mid.
night Mr.. Stephens was reported 10 be
in comparatively comfortable condi-
ton, with no immediate danger Of fatal
result.
A rumor prevailed that Messrs. Shell
labarger and Wilson, attorneys ior the
members OF the Returning Board Of
Louisiana, now in contempt Of the House
Of Representatives, had made application
for n writ offs habeas corpus, return Of
which was fixed for tomorrow. There
seems no doubt that application was made
to one OF the Judges Of the Supreme
Court Of this District, but up to very
late hour the Clerk OF the Court had not
issued the writ. Chief Justice Carter, it
is believed, was applied to and refused to
grant the writ.
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MINOR TELEGRAMS.

Three Cinnamon quarrelled yesterday
at No. II Forsyth street, New York, while
distributing their earnings from sales Of
liquors, and one Of them, All Long, was
fatally struck with a hatchet.
William H. Hartzell, Chief OF Police Of
Washington city, resigned to-day.
The Senate in Executive session yes
terday confirmed the nomination Of Ellis
Spear as Commissioner Of Patents.
At Omaha, Oddly, the pedestrian, fin.
ished his walk (li0 miles, on Saturday
afternoon. Time, 90 hours and q min.
utes.
At Memphis preparations for the ap.
preaching carnival are nearly complete,
and those having charge OF the pageant
say it will surpass any former one.
The first annual meeting Of the Sun.
day.school Congress OF the United States
began its session at Chicago yesterday.
There was large attendance.
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the Comfy Clerk Of Baker, will still leave
Hayes small majority. The Committee
saythey have carefully examined into
the election in Duyal county, and find
Il honest, but in Jackson county they
found evidence Of $50 fraudulent Demo.
cratic votes, which they proceed 10 set
forth very fully. They state that they
iound many indications Of fraud and
much intimidation Of the voters al
precinct No. 8, Key West In
Monroe county. In Manatee county thew
say the election was Democratic farce
In Hamilton county the returns Of tbo
electoral vote were interlined into the re.
turns OF one precinct. Several days after
they were signed and delivered to the
County Clerk, and unauthorized persons
made the canvass. In another precinct
the officers signing the returns had
no personal knowledge whatever Of
their entire correctness. In Jefferson
and Columbia counties there wasIviolent
intimidation Of colored voters and social
and business persecution. In many coun.
ties a system Of marked tickets was en-
ployed to compel colored men to vote the
Democratic ticket, details Of which are
fally set forth. Other counties and topics
are also discussed In detail.
The report was adopted by all the Re-
publican members OF the Committee on
Privileges and Elections.
THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION.
The House Democratic caucus tonight
selected the following members to serve
on the Electoral Commission: Payne,
Hunton and Abbott. The caucus Of the
two houses having selected their candi-
dates, the Electoral Commission will con.
sist Of the following members: Senator's
Edmunds, Morton and Fre0linghuysen,
Republicans, and Thurman and Bayard,
Democrats; Representative Payne, Hun.
ton and Abbott, Democrats, and Garfield
and Hoar, Republicans; Supreme Court
Associate Justices Clifford, Strong, Miller
and Field, the fifth to be selected from
among Associate Justices Swaine, Davs,
Bradley and Hunt.
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LEGISLATIVE NoTEs.-On assembling
yesterday morning, the members had
their attention drawn TO a notice on the
bulletin board to the effect that the Dem
ocratic caucus for last evening had been
indefinitely postponed.
Monday can very appropriately be
styled RESOLUTION day." from the number
OF bills and resolutions that were present.
ed. The members must have prepared
them at the expense OF their devotional
duties.
The bill granting committee clerks 81
and pages s. per diem and cents per
mile for travel, passed the House with but
feeble opposition.
Retrenchmenti is the watchword.
The House went into Committee Of the
Whole yesterday, for the first time, with
Mr.. Farnsworth In the Chair.
The Judiciary amendment was under
consideration and subjected to general
amendments.
The name OF County Court is retained
in Difference to the wishes OF the Third
district, while portion OF the substance
is swept away. A rose would not smell
so aweet by any other name.
Mr.. Barr's proposition to fix by con.
s:itutionRl provision the salary of the
Judge Of the Municipal Court, Of Wheel
ing, at $1,000 per annum, was withdrawn.
The question was raised on the prOpri.
ETY. Of the Judges Of our courts accepting
passes from railroads.
As yesterday was wash.day, visitors
were scarce upon the floor.
Spectators were in the galleries yester-
day, unaware that the House was not in
session, anxiously watching for the fight.
Requests for leave Of absence are be.
coming numerous.
Senator ]. ?. Jones, Of Preston county,
cast the 4ilh vote that elected Henry &.
Davis to the United States Senate.
In discussing that part OF the judiciary
bill, relating TO Judges riding on free
passes oil railroads, in the House yeSter-
day, Mr.. Hiett said that Judges should be
like Caesars wife, above suspicion, to
which remark, DR.. Hall, OF Richie, re.
sponded, that il they wanted 10 k.ye
Judges in this State above suspicion and
temptation, they should give them more
than starvation salaries.
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The AshtnhnIn Inquest.

CLEVELAND, January 29.-The leaders
Ashtabula special says; The inquest was
resumed and Alfred Rowland sworn.
Resides in Boston; Is civil engineer;
been engaged in examining the wrecked
bridge for fortnight; finds the abut.
ments in good condition; finds the weight
to the bridge to be $4,000 pounds per lin.
cal foot; considers the system Of lateral
and sway braCing employed as INSULT
cient; considers the form OF the beams
used for compression Of timbers very
Objectionable feature OF the bridge. He
found n lack OF section in the following
members: The whole OF the top card,
many Of the main braces in lateral and
vertical sway and the bracing in the
floor beams. In these members tue ma
terial would have been sufficient had it
been in different shape. He found that
one Of the main braces was three inches
out OF position on the top angle block
when last painted and others in less
degree.
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SAN FRANcEsco, CAL, January 90
Referring to a statement Of the New York
AeraldS Washington correspondent of the
9TH, that number Of American officers
had concluded to offer their services to
lglesias, and raise force in the South
west to invade Mexico and establish hi,
claims, lglesias yesterday stated that the
information in the telegram was correct.
There are, he said, many good reasons
why this movement by friends in this
country can be Of no assistance to me in
my efforts to bring about change OF
government in Mexico, and shall advise
my friends Of the conclusion at which |
have arrived. For this purpose intend
to proceed East as soon as possible.
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900 worth Of goods disposed Of. These
two parties saddle all their expenses on
the rctailerand he, in turn saddles all
ofhis expenses on the consumer.
The aggregate amount paid for the
salaries and travelling expenses Of drum.
mers Is simply enormous. It goes up in.
to the millions every year. And It is all
assessed at last on the consumer. Could
this immense expense be saved, goods OF
allkind could be sold very much cheaper.
No doubt Of that, There was time
when there were no drummers. Those
were the ante.railroad days. The
easy facilities for travel afforded by
railroads have brought upon the
country the drummer system in all its
present multiludinous power and glory.
The system is now as much part Of
commerce as the system Of bookkeeping,
and there is scarcely any more probability
that the former will be superseded than
that the latter will be abolished. The cir.
cular before us is not the first one sent out
by houses that have grown weary Of the
drummer System. We have yet to
hear, however, Of any important sue
cesses achieved by any house known
to fame. The celebrated firm Of John
Nazro & Co., Of Milwaukee, one OF the
largest concerns in the West with whom
some Of our Wheeling men have an ex-
pensive acquaintance tried this expert.
ment several years ago, and abandoned it
in a short time as failure. Aud yet
there does not seem to be my essential
reason why u successful business might
not be carried on without the aid Of
drummrra, provided the expense of the
system was really, and not nominally,
deducted in sales to customers. So
few men in trade are alive to
the necessity Of perfect good faith in
carrying out their promises to the very
letter OF fulGllmCnt in order to achieve
success in such an enterprise, that we
fear "new departure" such az is pro-
claimed in the circular before us, is hard.
ly possible. And yet, "a we have re-
marked, it might be made possible, and
large circle Of intelligent and reliable
customers might be secured, provided it
became certainly known that an abate.
ment from prevailing prices, equal to the
cost Of selling the goods through the
drummer system, would be invariably
secured by sending on voluntary orders.
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Reported SWindIing oil the Uni
ted States Treasury.

New York, January 2O.--There are
rumors in circulation oil extensive swim
dies upon the United States Treasury rife
in Washington yesterday, but Treasurer
Wyman says there is nothing IN them, and
explains that two or three million dol.
lars OF unclaimed interest on the bonds
resting in the Treasury suggests extraor.
dinary inducements 10 claim agents con.
stantly on the lookout for owners OF the
bonds. Claim agents sometimes get hold
OF the wrong party OF the same name
from whom the agent procures the power
ot an attorney to collect the interest. In
this way moneys have been enormously
paid out, but such moneys have invaria.
bly, been refunded after the detection Of
the mistake, and the Treasury had not
lost dollar.
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The Continental Life Insurance
Company.

New YORK, January 2O.-Receiver
Anderson Of the Continental Life Innu.
rance Company filed his report in the
Supreme Court to-day. The liabilities
of the company are stated at S., 1868, 1877
and the assets at S5,02S,S0l. OF the lat.
ter perhaps 80 per cent is valueless. The
receiver collected and disbursed during
his term Of Office Sl02,022. He is unable
to explain the large item Of $l,OOO,94O
open accounts Of the agents. The sched-
ules contain other items amounting to
S254,S54. About this the receiver says
that $254, 900 stand upon the books
against the Empire Mutual Life Insu.
rance Company. This latter company
retired from business some time ago and
he says has no assets 10 meet the claim.
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GheGntlligsufer,


The grounds on which Major Sweeney
proposes to contest Mr.. Ripley's election
to the City sergeuntcy have not yet been
officially given to the public, 1t is pos.
siblC that they may be furnished to the
Council at its meeting tonight. We un.
derstand that two Of the allegations are
u) that on some tickets the name OF Rip.
ley was pasted, by means Of a printed
slip, over that Of Sweeney, and icy that
some tickets were counted for Ripley that
read "Mr. Ripley" instead Of Stephen
W. Ripley.
We do not see how the Major can
make these two objections hold water.
The practice Of pasting slips Of this
kind over one or more names on ticket,
is not new, either in this community or
elsewhere, and however Objectionable the
practice may be yet il is not illegal, and
so far as results are concerned il is six
Of one and half dozen Of the other to the
two political parties.
Our law presumes when aman votes
a pasted ticket that he does so after
readingit. lie has his option either to
scratch out name and write another in
its place or paste a'printed name over it.
He can do either, and his vote il Just as
good in one case as in the other.
1t is too late in the day TO raise such n
point. In the case Of John C. Hervey
versus Lewis Baker, which occurred sew.
eral years ago, the most celebrated case
Of paste on record, no contest was at
tempted by Mr.. Hervey. He could not
prove who cast those votes, for the rea.
son that those who cast them unwlttingly
could not, Of course, swear to the fact OF
having voted pasted ticket, and thus, as
Mr.. Weller would say, "lhe witness was
dead to begin with"
As regards the other allegation, that
Of voting for "NIr. Ripley" there is moth.
ing in that. The law says explicitly
(see Acts Of 1928, page 349) that no
error or mistake in he designation Of The
officer or person shall ritiate any ballot, or
cause il 10 be rejected from the count, il il be
manifest lghdt irds intended By he roIer."
II this provision Of the law has any
meaning whatever, it means that when a
man is running for an office for which no
other man by the same surname is can.
didate, he can be sufficiently designated
by his surname. His Christian name is
not necessity. The law presumes, in
other words, that n man who votes
for Mr.. Ripley for City Sergeant
votes for Stephen W. Ripley, provided
that Stephen W. Ripley was notorionsly
candidate for said office and no other
Ripley was in the field as competitor.
Under these circumstances We think
that the Major had as we'll make up his
mind to submit to the verdict of the peo.
pie as rendered. He had a fair chance
to be elected and was left out in the cold.
He had the Democratic nomination and
adivided opposition, and yet could not
make success oil the race, and We are
at a loss 10 see how he is to sci the result
aside by carrying it up 10 Council. We
doubt whether there is an Accident com.
pany in the country that would insure his
chance for 30 cents on the dollar.
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AA"sNy "AAO
We are in receipt OF a circular from
an Eastern manufacturing company call.
ing our attention to the fact that they
have concluded to do away with the ex.
penEe:of commercial travellers, and set.
ting forth that they can sell us supplies
in our line Of business for less money
than heretofore OIL this account. This
claim looks reasonable enough, and
yet we doubt whether any concern
in the country can compete sue
cessfully for business by oviting of
the drummer system. The syst Dis part
Of the very warp and wool Of business as
now conducted. There is scarcely bust.
ness house in the land that does not em-
ploy one or more drummers. Many Of
them employ several. Commercial trav-
elers are as numerous as an army with
banDers and almost as terrible. The cars
and hotels find them their chief custom.
ers. Go where you will, 10 cities, to
towns, villages or crossroads, you are
sure to meet with the inevitable CONNER.
cial traveller. Even the remotest mer-
chant, in the wilds OF the widest county
in this or any other State Of the Union, is
visited by these irrepressible travellers.
He has no occasion TO ever leave home in
order TO buy goods. lie can bny by sam.
pie all the year round, and on almost
any day in the year. Secluded as he is
he cannot escape the drummer. lie may
hope to escape the tax satherer but not
the drummer. No man who buys and
sells can escape the drummer. The drum
mer is the all pervading presence of our
railroad civilization. lie is the ubiqui-
tous individual OF modern times.
To sell goods in this way costs vast
amount OF money to somebody. The i'm
portant question is, who pays this ex.
pense? Is it the manufacturer, iobber.
retailer or consumer? Is the outlay dis
tributed among all these, or does the man
who eats, drinks or wears, or otherwise
consumes, the goods sold, pay this ex.
penseH As we have said, somebody
pays it.
Following the analogy Of renls and
taxes, we should say that the consumer
pays The expenses OF the drummer sys'
ten. How can it be otherwise? The