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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
Rheumatism and Weather.

DR.. S. Weir Mitchell, a Philadelphia
physician, has been studying the rela-
ton between bodily pain and weather.
It is well known that diseases and in
juries of the bones, rheumatism, and
other ailments, cause increased pain on
the approach of storms. DR.. Mitchell
induced an army officer, who had lost
leg, and suffered with neuralgia in the
stump, to keep record of his pains in
connection with the weather for three
years. The conclusion derived by this
investigator is that certain combina-
ton of atmospheric conditions is re-
quired to produce the pains. He says :
" Every storm, as it sweeps across the
continent, consists of a vast rain area,
at the center of which is moving space
of greatest barometric depression, known
as the storm center, along which the
storm moves like bead on 8 thread.
The rain usually precedes this by 600
miles but before and around the rain
lies belt, which may be called the neu-
ralgic margin of the storm, and which
precedes the rain by about $50 miles.
This fact is very deceptive, because the
sufferer may be on the far edge of the
storm basin of barometric depression,
and, seeing nothing of the rain, may yet
have pain due to the storm"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
The Spirits Wouldn't Respond.

Canon Gilbert and three priests Of the
Roman Church in England recently en-
gagged the best medium whom the Ma
tional Association of Spiritualists could
recommend, and told him to set to work.
The spirits were out Of gear and
needed oiling. The violin was dumb,
the table was stationary, the spirits
stayed away. The visitors assured the
medium that they were willing to wait
until midnight if he would undertake to
write upon a closed slate, move objects
at q distance, or do some other marvel.
The slate was opened. but it's surface
was a perfect blank, and the mediums
effort to produce a double self in dark
ened room was an ignominious failure.
The canon paid him fee Of two guineas
and invited him to call again some other
Cay, but he objected on the ground that
it was a case of four skeptics against one
spiritualist. Evidently spirits don't
count
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
The Official Count.

"My son" said a father to his hope
full boy, "You did not saw any wood for
the kitchen stove, yesterday as [ told
you to; you left the back gate open and
let the COW get out you cut off eighteen
feet from the clothes-line to make a lasso {;
you stoned Mr.. Robinson's pet dog and
famed it; you put hard-shell turtle in
the hired girls bed you tied strange
dog to Mr.. Jacobsen's door-bell you
painted red and green stripes on the legs
of old Mrs. Polaby's white pony, and
hung your sisters hustle out OF the front
window. Now, what can I do for such
conduct?'
care all the counties heard from ?"
asked the candidate.
The father replied, sternly, "No tri-
fling, sir; no, [ have several reports to
receive from others of the neghbors.'
"Then," replied the boy, "you will
not be justified in proceeding to extreme
measures until the official count is in
Shortly afterward the election was
thrown into the House, and, before half
the votes were canvassed, it was evident,
from the peculiar intonation of the APP
plause, that the boy was badly beaten.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

It is reported that the Emperor of Germany
recalled Bismarck, who has just returned to
Berlin. to consult with him in regard to the
4tuation in France.
Under the reactionary dispensation in France
foreign newspapers are to be subjected to the
strictest censorship, and the whole policy of
the Government seems to be going back to the
conditions which ruled in the earlier days of
Louis Napoleon.
Advices from India report the suffering in
the famine-inficted districts on the increase.
Don Carlos has been politely requested to
leave France
A Berlin dispatch says it is pretty universally
believed at st. Petersburg that the Russian
Government would not object to Constantine
pie and the Suez canal being placed under the
protection of England, provided Russia is al
lowed to protect Roumania, Bulgaria, Servia,
and Montenegro and annex the Vilayet of
Erzeroum.
The idea of postponing the Paris Exhibition
of 1878 is seriously entertained on account of
the existing and threatened complication of
affairs in Europe.
The threatening aspect of political affairs in
France is seriously affecting trade in Paris and
other large cities of the republic.
Spain has decided to send $1,000 troops to
Cuba in the fall.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

Ex-Gov. Thomas A. Osborn, of Kansas, it is
said, will probably be appointed Minister to
Chill
An Associated Press telegram from Washing
ton says According to previous arrange
ment, secret meeting was held in Washington
last night, for the purpose of organizing ma
tionaI party. About $50 persons from different
States were present Those from the North
expressed themselves strongly against
the course of the President and his
Cabinet, alleging that they retained in Office
men who are opposed to the principles of the
Republican party, to the exclusion of it's tried
and true adherents. The representatives
from the South declared that the President
had discarded the States which had elected
him, and given Offices to the enemies of the
party. Resolutions were adopted organizing
the meeting into a national body. Permanent
officers were elected, with power to institute
branches throughout the country, with head
quarters at Washington"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
4 Monster Balloon.

In consequence of the pressure now be-
ing exerted by would-be exhibitors for
space at the Paris Exhibition of 1878, M.
Krautz has been compelled to abandon
his intention of constructing the monster
Giffard balloon within the Exhibition
precincts. The French Government,
however, will furnish space for its con-
struction as near as practicable to the
Champs de Mars. M. Giffard has made
his preliminary technical arrangements.
The length Of the rope will be about
1900 feet. It will be conical, the thick
est end being attached to the bottom Of
the car. The ascending force, when
loaded with ballast, guide-ropes, crap
nels and fifty passengers, will be five
tons. The weight of the cable, fully ex-
tended, will be p tons. The ascending
force Of the hydrogen will be % tons.
The balloon itself will be about 10 feet
in diameter and $50 feet in height to the
upper part of the valve.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAN1Nas.

The managers Of the East and West trunk
lines of railway have entered into an agree
ment by which the revenue from western-bound
freight shipments are to be divided between
the roads participating.
Destructive fires are reported at Indiantown,
New Brunswick, loss $4,000; at Pittsburgh,
Pa, loss 800, 900; at Gloversville, N. Y, loss
800, oOO and at Columbus, Ohio, loss $25, 900.
Austin Humphrey, an old man of 60 years,
was hung for murder at Sandwich, Canada,
last week.
Daniel OLeary, the Chicago pedestrian, has
returned from England, and proposes to at
tempt the extraordinary feat of walking 600
miles in six consecutive days
CONGREGATIONS At Reading, Pa, the Scott
Iron Works were burned loss, $4,000 at
Menasha, Wis, saw-mill and machine-shop
burned, loss, $4,000; at Croton, Mich, fire
destroyed saw-mill and lumber-yard loss
$40, 600, insurance $15, 600; at Greenpoint n
Y, the glass-works of J. 3. Doblemen were de-
stroyed, loss, $4,000. insurance, $4,000 at
Houtzendale, Pa, a number of stores and
dwellings burned, loss 5000; at Portland,
N. B., several small factories, shops and dwell
ings destroyed, loss $50, oOO
Through official channels a rumor has reached
the State Department at Washington that Mex
leo is about to declare an additional tax of 10
per cent. on all imports into that country.
The steamship Indiana, with Gen. Grant and
party on board, arrived at Queenstown on the
9th of May.
A fire at Walkerton, Bruce county, Can, last
week, destroyed nearly half the business part Of
the town. The loss is estimated at $250,OOO.
A checker-match for the championship of
the world between Yates, of Brooklyn, and
Martins, of England, has just been contested
in New York Of the forty-nine games played
the American won three and the Enghshman
one, forty-five being drawn. The winner is a
mere lad of IS years.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
Shepherds in Luck.

Several residents .of Brooklyn have
just learned some facts in their ancestral
history which encourages the belief that
they are the heirs of an immense sum of
money which has been lying in the Bank
of England for nearly seventy years. 1t
is said that in the year 1910 Robert
Sheppard, a wealthy resident of London.
deposited in the Bank of England FL,
200, 600 sterling to the credit of Elizabeth
Sheppard, his only sister. She had
some tune before made arunaway match
with John Sheppard, poor cousin,
which resulted in an estrangement from
her relatives. The couple went to Can
ada to try their fortunes. and were lost
sight of. Efforts were made to discover
their whereabouts, but without success.
In the course of time Roberts affection
for his sister revived, and when nearing
his end he deposited the sum named to
his sisters credit, and soon afterward
died. The money lay in the bank for
some time, and, no claimant appearing,
advertisements were inserted in New
York and other papers, inviting the heirs
OF Robert and his sister to come forward
and claim their inheritance. No re-
spouse was ever received to these invita-
lions, and the money still lies in the
bank. Recent efforts to discover the
heirs, however, have been more success
full, and several of the direct descendants
of John and Elizabeth Sheppard have
been found. Col. Henry NJ Connolly
and Mr.. W. E. S. Foles, of Brooklyn,
have been retained by the heirs to press
their claims. They are now in consul
tation with prominent counsel in London
on the subject It is estimated that the
million pounds sterling will now amount
at compound interest to So, 100000
NeaO York Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
Buying a Railroad with the Divider
on Its Stock.

It is a well-known fact that the Il
Commodore Vanderbilt left to his favor
son, William H., and to members of |
family, $51, 100000 Of the capital sto
of the New York Central and Huds
River railroad. The total amount
stock is $9O,00O,00O. There is lit
doubt that the dead Commodore's poll
of investing the dividends in the san
stock will be continued. This divideI
has been per cent. every quarter, al
bids fair to remain at that rate. II
last was paid April 16. Our arithmet
clan has made a calculation of the tin
that it will require for the Vanderbi
stock to add to itself the other 500, 900
900 by this process, supposing the stoc
to be purchased at par, and compoundin
the interest quarterly. The result {
his figures is, that in seven and one
quarter years, or on the 10Th of July
1884. the Vanderbilt interest Will own til
entire stock Of the great railroad
Wilkes Spirit of the Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
The ARMY Reduction.

The order issued from the War De-
partment shows that it is only contem-
plated to reduce the army to the standard
of $4,000 men, in accordance with the
terms Of the act Of August Is, 1876. The
order fixes the following as the standard
for all organizations except cavalry,
which remains unchanged: Enlisted
men of engineers, 200; enlisted men of
ordnance, $50; ordnance sergeants at
posts, Ia; commissary sergeants at
posts, 148; hospital stewards, 200; West
Point detachments, 200; recruiting par
ties. 800; Indian scouts, 600; guard at
military prisons, IA; IS enlisted men per
battery for five light batteries Of artil-
lery, 325; 48 enlisted men per battery for
five batteries of the Artillery School, $40;
80 enlisted men per battery for 50 bat
teries of artillery, and 5 enlisted men for
non-comm1ssioned staff at each of the
five regimental headquarters Of artillery,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
Singular Lawsuit.

Two Nimrods of Auburn, N. Y, had
dispute about the ownership of wild
duck, at which they both fred as it was
on the wing. One took the bird and
was sued by the other. A trial was had
before Squire F'reese and jury, during
which the duck was stripped Of all its
feathers that the manner of the killing
might be made more apparent. It was
then evident that both charges of shot
had entered the fowl, but, as the jury
was unable to decide which struck first,
or from which gun it came, they retained
a verdict of emo cause of action"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
How a Church in Kansas Was Started

A new Baptist church has been formed
in Kansas under remarkable circum-
stances. Three young men recently
converted in Baltimore went to Kansas,
and settled near Wyandotte. One day a
man came running to them, saying that
the Indians we're chasing him. They
took him, and prayed for him, and he
was converted. Three other men came
in afterward, and they were converted.
Then two Indians came upon the first
three from Baltimore, and they fell upon
their knees, and prayed to God for pro-
lection. The Indians went away, but
came the next day with flag of truce,
and asked the young men what they
meant by praying. Upon their explain
ing, the Indians asked for prayers again,
and were converted. CHOW" says the
Rev. NJ. W. Watkinson, evangelist in
Baltimore, who tells the story in the
Baptist Weekly, Gin less than three
months there are thirty-two white men
processing conversion, and seven Indians,
all of whom are engaged in building a
log Westinghouse, and in studying the
Bible on Sundays" They have conclud-
ed to be baptized, and form Baptist
church, CATER Roger Williams
fashion" One of them will be baptized
by another, and will then baptize the
rest.-NeaU York Times.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
PETER THE GREAT.
The Will of the Gar as to the Poll
Russia,

Russia.
There is extant a document
quoted called "The VIII of Peter
Great" 1t is said to be genuine,
doubted by others. It is appare
genuine, for it points out the pc
Russia has pursued, and things tt
done not yet accomplished. It point
the weakening of Sweden. the neui
lzng OF Poland (Which was done by
stroylng and absorbing .it, to the
QUESTION of the Crimea and the teri
ries round the Black sea, to the
riages with German Processes. to pu
ing on to the Persian gulf. and to
Stunning commerce with the Lev
through Syria. This, the reader Sc
points directly to the march of the ar
of the Caucasus to Alleppe. This pa
age is so interesting that we give it
tire:
SO. We must progress as much
possible in the direction of CONSTANT
pie and India. He who can once
possession of these points is the
ruler Of the world. With this view
must provoke quarrels at one time W
Turkey, and at another with Pers
We must establish wharves and docks
the Euxine, and by degrees make O
selves masters of that sea, as we'll as
the Baltic, which is a doubly import,
element in the success of our plan. '
must hasten the downfall of Persia. oil
on to the Persian gulf if possible
establish the ancient commercial int
course with the Levant through syn
and force our way into the Indies, VIII
are the storehouses of the world Oh
there, we can. dispense with EngE
gold.
10. Moreover, we must take pains
establish and maintain an intimate uni
with Austria, apparently countenanci
her schemes for future aggrandizeme,
in Germany, and all the while secre
rousing the jealousy of the Union sta
against her. In this way we must bri
it to pass that one or the other pa,
shall seek aid from Russia, and thus
shall exercise a sort of protectorate O.
the country, which will pave the way
future supremacy.
ell. We must make the house
Austria interested in the expulsion
the Turks from Europe, and we m
neutralize it's jealousy at the capture
Constantinople, either by preoccupy
it with a war with the old Europ
states, or by allowing it a share OF
spoils, which we can afterward resu
at our leisure.
"12. We must collect around
house, as center, all the detached
tions OF Greeks which are seattle.
abroad in Hungary, Turkey and Sol
Poland we must make them look to
for support, and thus, by establish
beforehand a sort of ecclesiastical
premacy, we shall pave the way for u
versal sovereignty"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
NeWY Ork'S Liquor Traffic.

New York's city missionary has beer
calculating the sum of money expended
in the liquor stores OF that city, and es-
Inmates it at 100000, 900. "With this
sum-" he says, eve could build thirty
hospitals, or 200 churches, or 1000 mis-
sion chapels. With $50, $1,000 we could
support 10000 ministers or 10000
school-teachers at a salary of $4,000
each. With $6O,O0O,OOO we could give
to each of the 200, 900 boys and girls of
New York a capital OF $500 to start in
life with"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
4 GORGEOUS NEGRO.
Bishop Haven Meets Colored Brother on
the Coast of Liberia.

the Coast of Liberia.
Letter from Africa in lions Herald
"Theres kinoe p shouted Liberian
passenger as we came on deck from
breakfast last Friday morning. GA
what" GA kinoe." pronounce this
with an accent on first syllable
Where ?" ''Right over the lee bow. :"
We looked, and there it yas-a canoe !;
looking for all the world like bat on
the sea, its black wings rising on the
edge of the wave before it, and on the
edge of the wave behind, seeming a.
straddle of both waves, and only little
pair of wings, too; not more than half
dozen feet long, and, in the twisting of
the waves, about the same in width.
This "kinoe contained two men. who
were padding it down upon us with
great rapidity, dipping their pan-ike
paddle now this side, now that. of the
shooting shell. How tame appears col
lege-boating to this flying canoe! AS it
comes nearer it pulls itself out and mar
rows itself down, so that it is all long
and no wide, thin, slim dug-out, ten
feet long by fifteen inches wide and
deep. It flies around to the starboard
side, and discloses in the bottom two
men-one arrayed in blue shirt. and
one arrayed in none. The b1ue-shirted
gentleman is the head krooman, coming
out for job. The one in none is his
oarsman. He had gone out to fish, and
had seen through the haze, eight miles
from shore, the welcome vessel, and had
pulled for the bigger fish than any that
had swum under water Up he leaps
the ship side, his whole dress of blue
shirt and bagged trousers that come a
little below the hips. He steps on the
quarterback and salutes the Captain.
We look at him. True, his face is dark,
but not disagreeable. His form is erect,
slim, graceful. Through the middle of
the forehead and the middle of the nose
dark blue line half an inch wide de-
sends. Dark blue marks are at the
outer end of each eye This is the kroo
tattoo, the badge Of his tribe, his high
honor. You look at these bare arms and
legs with a sculptor's admiration-sl
strong arms; slim, strong legs. No lark
or spur heel here, which Livingstone
says the west-coast negroes have, but the
east have not. His heel runs as straight
down the leg and ankle as plumb. It
is very neat. A French boot would fit
it admirably, only it is handsomer than
any Paris boot ever was. The krooman
opens tin cylindrical box hung about
his neck, and pulls out pile Of certif-
Gates. The Captain finds his own among
them. He accepts his own recommended
ton, and Jim George, for that is his
name, is installed at the head of our
boat, from this place forth to the Ga
boom, 900 miles below. Meantime his
subman in the canoe is pulling out fish,
and scooping out the boat, with his feet
for paddles. He sits on his feet, which
are turned up behind him in a very Gu
nous manner, and with these he kicks
the water out Of the canoe with great
dexterity.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

Ten Brock has now to his credit the fastest
one, three and four-mile records.
Three negroes were recently taken from the
jail of Stewart county, Ca, by a mob COM
posed of whites and blacks and hanged to the
limb of tree with trace-chains. They were
charged with the murder of Mrs. Chambliss,
the object being robbery.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

COUNTRY patience is long suffering,
but at times sarcastic, as the following
shows cat first there meanders
through this section book agent, then
a tin cart, then tree man, then a patent
medicine individual, then two tramps,
then a thief or two, then salve man,
then half a dozen duplicates Of each, and
finally the cider-barrel buyer, the white
wire clothes-ine fellow, and the light
ning-rod demon incarnate.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

THERE has been a separation between
an uptown lover and his sweetheart. She
presented him with her photograph,
which he, on his Bonded knees, swore he
would always wear next to his heart.
last Sunday evening he pulled out his
handkerchief from his back pants pocket,
when 10 the photograph fell at his lady's
feet. She says he is either liar or else
his heart is not in the right place.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

1925; 81 enlisted men per company for
$50 companies of infantry, and five for
the non-commissioned staff at each of
the twenty-five regimental headquarters
of infantry, 1876.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31

been arrested on suspicion of completely in the
plot, seizures of arms have been made, and the
city at last accounts had resumed it's customary
tranquility.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-31
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Tweed is growing a good deal worried over
the delay in his release, and his counsel is STIR
ing up the Attorney General to action with a
doctors certificate that the ex-Boss may not
live long unless his mind is relieved.
Roach's ship-yard, at Chester, Pa, was the
scene, the other day, of most sickening
calamity. The Saratoga, large iron steam
ship, while being launched, started from it's
blocking sooner than was expected, killing
seven and wounding three of the
workmen. The bodies of the dead
were horribly mangled, some having their
bodies cut in halves, while others had their legs
and arms torn off. The scene during the time
the ship was going off was heart-rending, men
being seen struggling to escape while huge
blocks, rolled by the ship, crushed them to
jelly. No assistance could possibly be rendered
by those who were standing by. Instead of
cheers, as usually greets launch, q wall of
anguish went up, and shrieks of pain rent the
air. AS soon as possible, the dead and wounded
were carried to the yard Office and physicians
summoned. e4t
James G. Blaine died suddenly and unex-
pectedly, at Boston, last week, his death re-
sulting from the rupture of blood-vessel.
J. G. B. was noted trotting- horse, was valued
at SIS, 600, and had just trotted a race over the
Mystic Park course.
W. Fl. C. Hosmer the well-known poet, died
recently at his home in Avon, N. Y, aged So
years.
Four inches of snow fell in Berkshire county,
Mass, On the 25th of May.
In the United States Court, at Hartford, c.,
last week, Judge Shipman pronounced sentence
on James L. Chapman, Cashier, and John G.
| Tracy, President of the Farmers and Mechan-
icg' National Bank, who had pleaded guilty, re-
spectively, to deceiving the Comptroller of the
Currency, and to perjury and embezzlement,
by which the bank lost 1898, 900. Tracy was
sentenced to the Connecticut State prison for
six years, and six months at hard labor, and
Chapman to the Connecticut State prison at
hard labor for five years.
There are sixteen murderers in Pennsylvania
for whose execution the Governor has issued
warrants. Eleven will be executed in June,
one in July, and four in August. Of this num-
Der twelve are Molly Maguires.