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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
Election Statistics.

The Congressional election returns
are published in the Tribune almanac.
It appears that the largest vote polled
in any one district for Congress was in
Nebraska, 52,686, and the largest vote
cast for any one Congressman was for
Mr.. WEIGH of that State, $4,000. Mr..
Throckmorton, of Texas, had the largest
majority of any candidate, 22,855. The
Mormon Delegate, Mr.. Cannon, of
Utah, had a majority of 1859. Mr..
Buckner, of Missouri, comes next, with
Is, 1893; Mr.. Cox, of New York, next,
with 1858; Mr.. Hatcher, of Missouri,
next, with 1859. The largest Repub-
lican majority in any one district was
IL, ATS for Mr.. Ryan, of Kansas, whose
district, in number of votes cast, is
second only to Nebraska. The third
district in number of votes cast is the
Sixth Michigan, which cast 44.971 votes
for Congress.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
PERELOUS VOYAGE.
The Crew of a Wrecked Schooner Travel
400 Miles In Omen Boats

The Crew of a Wrecked Schooner Travel
2,4OO Miles In Open Boats.
The schooner John Bright recently ar
rived ut anFranciseofrom Tahiti, having
on board Capt. Stewart, of the British
ship Ada Iredale, and three apprentice
boys, William Lightfoot, William Den
wood and Frederick Joyce. The Cap
tain reports that the ship left Ardros-
san, Scotland, on June 90, with coal for
this port. On October 13-latitude Is
deg. south, longitude 1O8 deg. west-a
fire was discovered in the lower hold.
Every effort was made to extinguish it,
but it was soon evident that the whole
bodyof coal was ignited. The crew dug
down into the cargo until the gas and
heat drove them from the hold. Water
was pumped down, but to no effect. In
thirty-six hours from the time the fire
was discovered the gag generated ex-
ploded and blew up the deck. Finding
further attempts to save the ship use
less, the boats, three in number, were
lowered, and the ships company, con-
sisting of the Captain, two mates, car
penter, cook, steward, five boys and
twelve able seamen, entered them. The
Captain took with him the ships papers,
nautical instruments, charts and such
an amount of bread and water as could
be slowed, and shaped course for the
Galapagos islands, about twelve hun
dred miles distant. Soon after leaving
the ship the Captains boat capsized in
a heavy sea and all the Instruments
were lost except sextant, and also all
the provisions on board. The boat
was righted again and the men picked
up. In few days, finding the wind
and currents setting him back, the Cap
tain abandoned the design of reaching
the Galapagos and steered for the Mar
quesas islands, 2, 400 miles distant. On
November 3 one Of The boats capsized
and the carpenter, William Denver, was
drowned. Tho rest of the crew were
taken on board the other boats. All the
food and water in the capsized boats
were lost, and from that time till No
vember 8, when they reached Island
Dominick, of the Marquesas group, all
hands were restricted to three wine
glasses OF water per day, and through
out the time in the boats to two bis
cults per day. The weather was very
rough portions of the time and the men
suffered severely. At night the boats
were made fast to each other and kept
together. The schooner John Bright
was found at Marouesas, and all hands
took passage in her for Tahiti, arriving
there December IL. Here the Captain
paid off the officers and crew in bills on
England and discharged them, except
the apprentice boys, two Of whom de-
serted. The others, with the Captain,
left Tahiti December 20. The mates,
cook and steward and eight seamen
shipped at Tahiti on the New Bedford
whaler Coral. The rest sought Other
| vnann1c
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
The AShtaDula Bridge.

B. f. Bowen, Thomas Ell. Johnson
and John Graham, civil engineers en-
ployed by the Ohio Legislative commit
tee to Investigate the Ashtabula railroad
disaster, have submitted sworn state
ment of facts ascertained by them.
After referring to their calculation on
the relative strength of different parts
of the bridge, and their observations at
the wreck, they submit the following
conclusions
First-That all the tension members
had very large factors of safety, and
were abundantly able to sustain all the
strain that could possibly come upon
them in this bridge.
Second-That all the compression
members, except the counter-braces,
were deficient in capacity, having very
small factors of safety.
Third-Considered with reference to
the location of the break, it appears
that the weakest point in the braces was
at and near the break, and that the weak
est point in the top chord was at the
center. Though the top chord at the
point of failure does not show state of
security much greater than that of the
braces, the probability is that the braces
failed first, and thereby involved the
failure of tine top chord also, but mas
much as both members were weak, and
were involved in the break, it is of lit
tie importance which member took
precedence in the failures. The factors
of safety throughout the compression
members were SO low that failure must
have followed sooner or later.
At this point the engineers proceed to
say how the failure might have been
prevented at q moderate cost.
The remainder of the sworn statement
of the engineers is devoted to consid-
Grafton of other defects in the bridge.
While these defects were not directly
the cause of failure, they were such as
might in themselves have led to failure.
They further add that the material, so
far as they were able to judge, was of a
superior quality, and, with few excep-
tons, the workmanship was very su-
perior.
In conclusion, they say they find
nothing in this case to justify popular
apprehension that there may be some
inherent defect in iron as material for
bridges. They find no evidence of any
weakness in this bridge which could not
have been discovered and prevented.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
High Salaries.

The city OF New York pays salaries
amounted to $40, 100000 per annum.
In 1923. John Quincy Adams was de-
feated for reelection to the Presidency.
because his administration of the Gov
eminent of 100000 of people had
cost $13, 900, 900, or $1.O8 for each in
habitant. When the incidental ex-
penses and interest on the debt we're
deducted from this, it left about "a, OOO.-
900 paid out for salaries, or about 80
cents per head. The expense for sal
aries in New York city is about $40 per
head for every inhabitant- tor more than
thirty times the average per capita paid
under John Quincy Adams administra-
tion..
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08

CALIFORNIA will have no difficulty in
exporting every pound of her surplus
production this year at the cheapest sort
of rates tor freight. There are now in
port at San Francisco thirty four olsen
gagged ships with tonnage of 41,OOO,
and feet having tonnage of $50, 900
is loading for that port or is already on
the way, one-third of this being at New
York and one-eighth at Liverpool. The
Californians are puzzled to know what
to give them for return freight.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
Shipments of Grain.

The amount of grain shipped from
the principal Western ports, last year,
was $50, 1854, 872 bushels, besides 4, 997,-
845 barrels of -four. The total ship
ments by water were 80, 813, lis bushels,
SO that 81, 548. 757 bushels were shipped
by rail. Within the past four years not
less than 22.4 per cent. of the entire
crop moved from the chief lake and river
ports has been diverted from the water
routes, amounting last year to about
80, 900, 900 bushels, or about 1,OOO,O 900
tons of through freight. Even at the
rate Of IL cents bushel, this change
added nearly 81, O0O,OO to the gross re-
ceipts eff the main railway routes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
A DUTCH PICTURE.
BY HENRY W. LoNGFEL1ow.

EGi mnn DanZ has come nome again,
From cruising about with his buccaneers;
NE BIZ snged the beard Of the King of Spain,
And rried away the Dean Of Jaen
And bold him in Algiers.
I'm hte house by the Maese, with its roof of tiles
And weather cocks flying aloft in air,
have are silver tankards of antique styles,
p,0nder of convent and castle, and piles
Of carpets Itch and rare.
I'm his tulip-garden there by the town,
Overlooking the sluggish stream,
With his Moorish cap and dressing-goWn (.
Vhe odd sea Captain, hale and brown.
walks in waking dream
A smile in his gray mustachio turks
whenever he thinks of the King of Spain,
And the listed tulips look like Turks,
And the silent gardener as he works
Is changed to the Dean of Jaen.
The windmills on the outerrnost
Verge of the landscape in the haze,
TO him are towers on the Spanish coast,
With whiskered sentinels at their post,
Though this is the river Maese.
But when the winter rains begin,
He sits and smokes by the blazing brands,
And old seafaring men come in,
Goat-bearded, gray, and with double chin,
and rings upon their hands.
They sit there in the shadow and shine
Of the Pickering fire of the winter night;
Figures in color and design
Likethose Of Rembrandt by the Rhine,
Half darkness and half light.
And they talk of their ventures lost or won,
And their talk is ever and ever the same,
While they drink the red wine of Tarragon,
From the cellars of some Spanish Don,
Or convent set on flame. ~
Restless at times with heavy strides
He PAGES his parlor to and fro;
He s like ship that at anchor rides,
And swings with the rising and falling tides,
And tugs at her anchor-tow.
Voices mysterious far and near,
Sound of the wind and sound of the sea,
Are calling and whispering in his ear,
Simon DAM! Why stayest thou here?
Come forth and follow mel"
SO he thinks he shall take to the sea again
For one more cruise with his buccaneers,
To SINCE the beard of the King of Spain,
And capture another Dean of Jaen
And sell him in Algiers.
"A tLG9itGC MOntttq.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08
The C. Champion Pedestrian.

James Heap, tough old school
master of Masham, Yorkshire, has just
died at the age of 81. He taught school
at Colsterdale from December, 1922, to
January, 1867, or for 1922 consecutive
weeks, never missing day, and the dis
lance each way being four miles, ira
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-08

versing ITO, 1O4 miles, or nearly five
times around the world. One third of
each year he taught Sunday school at
a place equally distant, bringing up his
pedestrian accomplishments to 1865
miles. Six months more would have
made the distance he traversed to half
that between the earth and the moon.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

Condition Of the water at Laxlng-
ton-1ailrood Track Inundated
and Dopot SuIFoundsd - Cropo
Submerged.

Reports from I<xinGton say that The
river Il higher 1t that poins than il hss
been aimee 1867, and the bottom lands on
both sides Of The city are completely in.
undated. The North Missouri depot il
surrounded BY water, and passenger are
taken frum the cars to the ferry in skias.
The narrow gauge railrosd track il under
water Tor considerable dissance, and trains
on that road are compelled 10 stop at
points about . quarter Of = mile from the
city. Families have been moving out II
their houses. n the wafer had, in many
instances, reached the doors al their dwell
ings. Considerable stock
HAS EEEN Last.
aud unless the river islis rapidly, which il
is not likely odo,a great deal more dana. :.
will BE- done. The whole wheat AMI corn
crops are comeple,ely covered On this side,
and are nos totally ruined. The river was
I'm stand Tuesday, but ss reports fscm all
the points ahoye indicate steady and rapid
rise. il will soon be noticeable at Lexington.
Household good. provisions. etc., are
being crossed over the river i'm skill. ~
rapidly rs possible, and taken to
PLACES OF SAFETY.
II would be utterly impossible to estimate
The damage caused BY Thu overflow, but it
will be large and serious, Is the penons
most interested belong to the poorer classes,
and the little they had was their all.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19
VIOLENT DEATH.
Capt. 3. L. Cllne Drowned Near the
California Ford.

C0Qt- y. Il. elmo Of0V0e0 near the
California Ford.
Warren~burg Mrs: Yesterday after
noon, Admit Eve o'clock, NJ. s. l.. Cline, q
we'll known farmer, who resided on the
Hyer place, . short distance northeast Of
Centerview, was returning home, accom-
panying his sister, who te.che. in the Spill
man School. ve believe. and while crossing
. small branch. near the California ford oi
Blackvater, the horse he was riding either
stumbled over the edge Of the plank bridge
or else the waters had moved them from
their place, and both were instantly 6oun-
dering in the raging torrent.
Mis- Ciine's hone passed over in safety,
and she gave the alarm to the neare.t
neighbour, Who were poverles~ 10 save him,
Bat recovered his body with life extinct.
This in terrible shock to very estims.
he family, who loae . model son and
brother.
His funeral will take place here to-mor-
rov afternoon.
Mr.. Cline was from Ohio, and has resided
here . num6er Of years.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

A few days ago some parties ~sss saga-
ged in boring veil On the bluff near
Baams mill, Carroll county. They paned
through several strata Of hard clay and
other formations, and had reached dspsh
Of 46 eeA when the sugsrstruck sliek Of
timber, which, judsiag from the tine il
took to bore through it, must have been At
least two feet in diameter. A soon = the
anger paased through he WOOD itsssmed 10
drop, - II into hole. and almost inns-
diately water rushed into Tie we'll to .
depth Of 30 feee A species Of turf in
which the form Of leaves and pisces Of
sticks were plainly visible w. brosght up
BY the anger. The wood Of he log, Mr.
Kianey says, u Of . remarkably fne grain,
and is wholly di6ersat iron any BOW
growing in that vicinity. Many people.
have examined the wood and al, 70 faF,
have declared that they never saw wood
like il before.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

Cryvrcw No Jur>,9
Handsome .vninr. have been .r,csed
in fco.t NJ Fullerton 4 p.rh,' dino s.or.
and D.n1 Dud.n. ,pc.,v hou..
49,.
A.@ '"o ."oy o.'"o"' Two
hone Friday from Boouville where thev
have hen .t,eod;n. .csool A ho.. Of
warm friends me. them n the denot and
b,de them . hearty velco,,e
.. '.% n' ~ e :"
e.'e!'A'""' " '"oe ".''' A'.c-!
"'sa'' ."' ITO. 'ne "'.y wy III "o'c"
e.ca seqo'''eo '.e'' even u sne
'."S' o'me"'. p'ece~' ore. oo~n tne
l"-','' .: '"e ."'1e ihs oeo'y
PoP0'.r ''o.pe "n give .eosoes es'.'
.. "s - '"s o." ~, s"'' .''s' WHICH
'"'' wa '''e W.
"A horss Belonging n John Boles
butcher. became frishsesed this morning
and ran away. completely denolishias III
wagon to which il Va hisched. Tn
driver, Rolls Kennedy, vss thrown out q
the horne dsshed over small bridge, and
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

How . Lady Was Relievod Of Her
Pockotbook on the Pacific Train
search for the Missing Money.

Last night two:1adies--mother and daugh.
ser-from Lexington, Mo-, boarded the
night train at 81. Louis, N rosse home.
Nothing Of any moment occurred
on the road until they reached Caliiornis,
/ where two women toOk seafs immediately be-
hind the two ladies above mentioned. On
reaching this city the old lady discovered
that she
HAD BEEN ROAnED
Of her pocketbOok, containing about $40
in greenbaeks and two 6rst-claas tickets
from ST. Louis to Lexingson-panched
once. She at once gave the information to
officers Gray and Smith, doing duty At the
Union Depot, and said that she believed
that the theft WA perpetraied BY the
two females who had seats behind her, ~
she had noticed suspicious movements on
their part. and she had found her handker-
chief, which was in the same pocket with
the money, in the seat occupied by the two
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS.
The officers at once took the two accused
in charge snd took them to the ladies' wait
ing room at the depot. They were searched
by the old lady in the most approved man.
ner. but she made no discoveries that went
10 show that the girls were the thieves, al
though the police are Of the opinion that
they actually did puck the old ladys pocket.
RELATIVES or WILLIAMS.
There are incarcerated m the Pettis
county Jail, two brothers. named John and
William Williams, who are indicted BY the
Grand Jury Of Miller county for murder.
Their cases have been sent to Pettis county
for trial, and will probably Be tried at the
next term Of the Criminal court. The two
girls Who boarded the train At California
are named Mary Ann Williams and Sarah
F. Williams, sister and
AUNT OF THE WILLIAMS BROTHERS
in Jail, and are the ones accused Of the
theft. They reside about Eve miles from
Tuscumbia, in Miller county, and are in
Sedalia to visit the Williams boys, and did
whit them in the county Jail to-day. A
rare cannot be made against the girls, and
they may be innocent Of the charge.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19
DRSKRTS HIS BRIDE.
A Young Bride Deserted Because
She Went TO Gee Her Mother.

On the 5th Of last April. J. L. Howard
living ten miles northwest from Waverly
vas married to . daughter Of John Reeves
IN Lafayette county and took his bride
home. They lived very happily together
until two weeks ago Mrs Howard expressed
. wish to 20 and re her mother.
Her husband Informed her she could not
70. Nina Reeves had opposed the marriage
and the young man felt
vERYB rrTERLY TOWARDS HER.
He had previously expressed Determine
tioG never to speak to his molher-in-law
again bat did not intimate that his wife
was 10 pursue the same course. Her sur
prise therefore was great when she wss
made to understand that her husband would
not allow her to visit her parents, although
she expressed . willingness to return the
next day But he WA obdurste and unyield-
ing and she finally went without his
consent. As she was leaving
The house, be said 70 her. "If you % to
your mothers il will be useless to return.
for you won't find me here" She looked
upon il ~
AN IDLE THREAT
and vent on. The next day, however, be
sold of his stock and packing his trunk,
took passage at waverly, on the steamer
'Gold Dust" for the Black Hills. He left
. letter for his wife, telling her she would
never see him again. The deserted wife 10
nearly heart broken, but she ought to ne
joice at her escape from
A MADNAN:
for . man Who could 20 bitterly resent %
trivial On act Of disobedience in wife, is
either fool or lunatic.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

vienna. June l2-Telesra@s from Asis
seem 70 indicate that there is no loneeI
that feeling Of desoondeaey which Was sd
marked in The late accounts IRON Turkish
soarcss. and that battle will be risked in
Arixes Valley. The only question is,
whether the Russians will attack the Turks
in the position that they have chosen or
push forward the column coming from
Olti toward Erzeroum, and thus turn the
Turkish flank.
THE FLYING vDLrNNs
Which Makat.r Pasha has aent against the
Rnssiars at Olti, show that the Turks are
aware VI the danger, but il remains tn he
seen whether they can 0bviate il and spare
sufficient force tn check the eventual ad-
vsnces ef the Russians over the pass Of
Keretschli DOgh, leading dircc, from Ali
to the head Of the valley To the Western
Euphrates and Erzeroum. Rnmors may be
treated a utterly groundle.s.
THE TWO ARNIE>.
There j. almost an utter absence of news
Of interest either from Asia. the Danube or
Montenegro. The two armies on the Dan
ube are watching one another and cannon
aiding is frequent, but the Russians have
not vet disclosed their intentions.
NOT SERIOUS.
The Turkish report Of Russian attempt
to cross at Rutschuk Is unworthy Of at
teniion, a the attempt certainly was not
serious. 4 St. Petersburg telegram
says il vas hat . cannonading Of sapPen
working at Giurgevo.
FROM ASIA
There IL nothing later than the evacuation
on Saturday of Olti BY the Russians and
their retreat to Perak.
The Russians At Perak number 1900
men and 9 guns, while the Turkish corps
which occupied Olti consisted Of six bat
talions, two batteries and = thousand cav
airy.
CANNONADlN6 At KARS.
Russian and Turkish accounts agree |
that csnnonAding at Kan is Intellectual
and indecisive.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-06-19

Last Friday shooting affair occurred
at wakanda station, Carroll county, b.
tween Daniel Collysr and Albert Bailey. Il
.ppears that an old diakculty existed b.
tween the men, and meeting on that day
near Greene Streets mill the quarrel va
renewed. Both drew revolves and fred,
and each received . wound which q the
time was regarded - quite sssioua Collysr
received the bullet low down in thsl LEFT sids.
and Bailey Wa slot in Tie right lsg near
the thigh. At 6ss it vs. thought that
Collyer must die, and il was fsassd that
Bailey's wound would prove tatai, bat
present indications ere favorable 70 u NJ
covery Of both.
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1idni4ht 0uriloroFoL

One night recently IL houss Al Mr..
James Taylor, Of Caasdoa county, ~ IT.
sscked by some men. Who svidsstly in
tended to murder Taylor. Aftss - lad
gone to bed be was aroused b. parties out
side calling on him 70 get up. 1hs calls
were mingled With threats and eunas, aadhe
we'll knew that mischief Va brewing. He
got up and in trying to ct hold Of his gun
he struck broom, which fell down. md il
d supposed the noiss 81 Tie he falling
beoom caused Tie mob outside 70 think 10
had opened the door. Ths mob fred .
volley 1t the door, completely ridaling il
with bullets. Mr.. Taylor thsa returned
FIRE, discharging his doabls-baEssl sAot-Sun
at the mob.