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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-09

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington correspondent say s.; 'Mr.
Evarts in private conversation has expressed
himself in favor of these four steps in the COM
mercial policy of the administration: First
the restoration of the silver dollar second, the
admission of foreign bottoms to American
register third, remission of ali duties on En-
glish machinery imported for. Southern cotton
manufacture fourth, the revision of the tariff,
specific for ad valorem duties. He avows him
self in favor of bimetallic standard
The Washington courts have at length rem
dered decision adverse to the claim of Ad-
miral Porter and the old North Atlantic squad
ron for $4,000, 600 in prize-money. The claim
was founded upon the naYys supposititious
share in the capture of Richmond.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
the forty seventh call for the redemption of
$40 bonds of 1865. The call is for 100000
coupon and $4, 900 registered bonds.
The Postmaster General desires that news
papers wishing to advertise in bis department
should send to the Chief Clerk, W. H. Knapp,
the amount Of their circulation, regular rates
per square, and how much discount will be al
lowed
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
The Plague i'm the Eastern War.

The anxiety Of Europe concerning the
complications of the Turco- Russian cam
paign is likely to be increased by the en-
trance into the field of battle of two un-
expected hostile forces, inimical to both
sides in the conflict, and threatening,
moreover, to carry devastation into neu-
trail territories. Cholera and plague,
from their recruiting stations in India
and Mesopotamia, are on the march, and
under the fostering conditions of war it
is impossible to foreteu the limits of
their invasion. Last year cholera was
on its route through Persia toward the
Russian possessions on the Caspian, and
early in the present spring grave appre-
tensions were aroused as to the virulence
and rapid diffusion of the epidemic.
Within few weeks several local out
breaks have been reported, one at Akyab
killing 25 per cent. Of the European pop
ulation in thirty hours, and new foci of
infection will doubtless be multiplied.
On the other hand, plague, which has
been gradually extending it's ravages for
some years past, had, even before the
commencement of actual hostilities,
spread to the regions north of Bagdad
with alarming speed. Under these cir
cumstances the war now in progress not
only threatens disaster to the combatants
themselves, but menaces all Europe with
a visitation of pestilences which no pre-
cautions may be able to avert. -NeaO
York World.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
The Turkish General-in- Chief.

Abdul Kerim Pasha, the Turkish Com
mander-in-Chief, is genuine Turk Of the
old school, such as as are nowadays sell
uom to be found, owing his advancement
as much to his thorough honesty and
straightforwardness as to his military
talents. He resided for many years at
Vienna, as military student under the
care of Feldzeugmeister Won Hauslab,
and he possesses many Of the solid quail
tiles OF the German nation; he also
writes and reads the German language
with facility. His sun-burnt face, with
white hair and beard, is calm and steady,
and faithfully reflects his well-balanced
mind, which is rather that Of Fabius
than Bonaparte.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

Thereupon M. Simon and all the other mem
bers of the Cabinet with the exception OF the
Minister of War rendered their designations.
A new Cabinet was Immediately appointed, as
follows Duo de Brogie, President of the
Council and Minister of Justice De Fourtou,
Minister of the Interior Eugene Caillaux,
Minister of Finance Auguste Paris, Minister
of Public Works; Vicomte De Meux, Min
lister of Agriculture; Brunet Minister of Public
instruction. This ministerial crisis has been
productive of good deal of excitement in
Paris and throughout France, and by some the
situation is regarded as extremely grave. The
Chamber of Deputies has adopted a resolution.
by large majority, declaring that the Cham
Der will only place confidence in a Cabinet
free to be resolved to govern in accord
ance with Republican principles which alone
can secure order and prosperity" 1t is feared,
unless the President backs down and responds
to the policy of the House, France will drift
into revolution and civil war; MacMahon ex-
presses determination to maintain pacific
policy with all the powers, and to firmly repress
any Ulhamontane demonstrations.
President MacMahon has prorogued the
French Parliament for one month.
The Turks are repeating the horrible butch
cries Of year ago in Bulgaria. In the town of
Turtokai, recently. the Turks rose in the night
and made general attack upon the Christians.
The males were put to the sword ; many elderly
women shared the same fate, and the younger
were brutally outraged. The cries of the VIC
tins we're distinctly heard by the outposts of
the Roumanian army.
All applications of retired officers for permits.
sion to enter the Turkish navy are refused by
the British Admiralty.
The British Consul at Rustchuk has come III
conflict with the Turks concerning the refusal
of the latter to permit the landing Of an Ameri-
can missionary. The Consul interfered vigor-
ously in behalf of the missionary-so vigor-
ously, it is said that he struck an insolent Turk
ish official. Hope he knocked him down and
BACKED his eye.
The story of the capture of a great sea-ser-
pent at Oban, in Scotland, was fabrication.
The Porte has sent harsh reply to Greeces
strong representations relative to the recent re-
lease of Turkish brigands from prison at Jalina
and their entry into Greece.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
eft Vas All a HOagS,"

The bloodthirsty duelists, Sippel and
Linnemann, we're arraigned in the
Police Court this morning, and the whole
affair found to be a joke on Sippel.
Gasl1in, the gigantic Teuton whose
humorous brain originated the job,
mounted the stand, and in fearfully
mutilated English told all about it. cit
vas all tam foolishness, Shudge noting
but a hoags." CA which p said the
prosecuting attorney. ga hoags, some
chekes. We vas all trinkin peer in der
saloon, und We vos dinkin off We could
kit dem doc fellers to fde a dool, Wy We
would kit ride out in nice wagon und
hat some fun. vent to butcher und
got a fiddle bladder und filed it NIT
plud, und Linnemann vas goin to preak
it ven he got shet, und Sippel would
dink he vos murdered him. Dot'vos all,
SO hello me Moses !''-Soo Francisco
Post
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

A fire at St. Stephens New Brunswick, last
week; burned $50 houses in the business part of
the town. Estimated loss, $500, 900.
The amount of grain in sight in the United
States and Canada is as follows Wheat,
1868, los bushels; corn, 9,677,8o6 bushels
oats, 1866 bushels rye, 7O8, 1862 bushels
barley. 1,199, 492 bushels
Fires: At Woodstock, N. B., over sixty of
the finest and best houses in the town burned,
loss 100000; at Oshkosh, Wis, Does saw
mill and several other buildings, loss 100000
at Winona, Mimi, the freight-house AID eleva-
tor of the Green Bay and Minnesota railroad,
loss $10O,0
The Presbyterian General Assembly of the
United States began it's annual session in Chi
cago last week. Rev. James Eells, of Califor-
MIA, was elected Moderator.
Ex-President Grant and family sailed from
Philadelphia for Europe last week.
Hangings At Philadelphia, Patrick Quigley
was hanged for the murder of his wife, Charles
Tommey, colored, was executed at Americas,
Ca, for the murder of Mrs Caraway; last
words: 81 dread not death-Jesus has made
my yoke easy to bear-I will be at rest for
ever;" the culprit sold his body to the physi-
clans for 49, Samuel Orr, Missouri desper-
ado, was hanged at Mt. Vernon, Mo, in the
presence Of 5000 people, including his own
children dying words: II warn young men
against drinking whisky and keeping bad COM
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
An Tcelandic Newspaper.

A type foundry In ST. Paul has lately
furnished the types for the Franavaui,
an Icelandic newspaper to be published
in the Iceland colony at Keewatin, on the
Red river, in British territory, about sixty
miles from Fort Garry. This will be the
first newspaper published on the Ameri-
can continent in the Icelandic language.
The preparation of the types required
the greatest care. They are in the Ro-
man alphabet, but with great many
peculiarities in regard to accentuation,
and are of very Anticipated form. The
Icelandic language is something like the
Norwegian language as it was spoken
about thousand years ago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

Germany is reinforcing the garrisons Of Al
SAGE and Lorraine.
French man-of-war rece ntly exploded her
boilers at Vile Franche. Ten men were killed,
twenty mortally wounded, and forty otherwise
injured.
An instruction in the Lerdo interest has
broken out on the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande in the State of Coahuila
The cable reports a very serious Ministerial
crisis In France. M. Jules Simon, Minister Of
the Interior, was sharply censned by Presi-
dent MacMahon for his shortcomings, where
upon ne and majority of the Ministers ten
dered their designations.
The immediate cause of the Cabinet rupture
in France was the non-participation by M.
Simon in a debate in the Chamber of
Deputies on the repeal of the Press law.
President MacMahon had expected that
Simon would present the reasons which, in the
opinion OF the Government, would have
prevented the repeal of the law, and,
having rallied to do SO, MacMahon sent him
q sharp letter, intimating, among other
things, that he did not have sufficient
influence to assert his views successfully.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

the arm resulting from lack of proper surgical
attention.
A fight between revenue officers and illicit
distillers is reported in Lee county, Va. Five
Of the officers were shot. one of them being
mortally wounded.
The Legislature of South Carolina has elect
ed Henry McIvor Associate Justice of the Su-
preme Court of that State, in place of J. H.
Willard, elected Chief Justice McIvor re-
ceived every vote cast, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis alike voting for him.
The Southern Presbyterian Convention met
in New Orleans last week. DR.. C. A. Stellman,
of Alabama, was elected Moderator.
That Virginia whisky skirmish did not result
exactly as at first reported A Lynchburg dis
patch corrects the original version of the affair,
and explains that four crooked distillers and
another citizen were the victims of the shooting,
not five internal-revenue officers.
The town of Caswell, n c., has been totally
wept out of existence by fire. Scarcely a
building was left standing, and great distress
prevails among the homeless inhabitants.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
An Innocent Man Rescued from the
GallOMS.

A narrow escape from ignominious
death was that of Poindexter Edmond
son, who was to have been hanged the
other day at Bloomfield, Stoddard coun-
ty, Mo. The following are the facts of
the remarkable deliverance Last sum-
mer Edmondson had a difficulty with
William Shaw, during which he was
struck III the head with brick, and car
ried home insensible. When Edmond
son came to his senses he swore to be
revenged. Edmondson had half-witted
brother, named James, who, on seeing
his brothers wound and the scar after it
had healed, became frantic. swearing the
dlrest vengeance upon Shaw Last DC
tober, after Poindexter had recovered,
James Edmondson disappeared, and
shortly afterward Shaw was found MUIR
dered. Close upon this event, and
before the arrest of Poindexter
James Edmondson suddenly reap
peared and told his brother that he
had killed Shaw with knife. Strange
as 1t may appear, the elder Edmondson
made the heroic resolution to suffer
death and bear in silence the shame that
he knew must follow for the sake of
saving his weak-minded brothers life.
He was tried, convicted and sentenced
to be hanged, the evidence being entire
ly circumstantial. A short time since
James Edmondson was taken very sick,
and upon his death-bed, a few days ago,
confessed that he himself had done the
deed for which his brother was soon to
hang. He related all the particulars be-
fore ample witnesses, which created in
tense excitement in the town of Bloom
field. But little time was left to save the
condemned mans life. The citizens
held a public meeting and raised sum
of money to send a man instantly to the
Governor at Jefferson City with a state
ment of the whole affair. The messen-
ger hurried off to Jefferson City, and laid
the facts before Gov. Phelps, who, after
examining the afidavits, granted the un-
fortunate man a respite until Aug. 6.
Immediately upon receiving the respite
the messenger telegraphed the fact tc
Dexter, the nearest railroad point tc
Bloomfield, and instantly left on his ride
for life, reaching there on the day of the
execution, just in time to prevent the
hanging.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
PaDor Flour Barrels.

A firm at Syracuse, N. Y, are now
manufacturing a novel -four barrel. The
barrels are composed of straw-paper
pulp, which is run into a mold made in
the shape of one-half of barrel cut ver-
tically. The pulp is subjected to a pow
erful hydraulic pressure, and, when re-
duced to the required thickness, the ends
Of the halves are cut off at the ends. The
pieces are then placed in a steam drier,
and the sides are trimmed evenly and the
substance thoroughly dried. It comes
from the drier ready for making up into
barrels. There are three heavy wooden
hoops and two hoops fastened together:
and, into grooves cut in the slaves, the
paper halves, which have an average
thickness of three-sixteenths of an inch,
are slid. The ends of the barrels are
made Of paper of similar thickness,
constructed upon the same principles as
the sides, and protected by heavy wood
en- ones. The advantages of these bar
rels over wooden ones are lightness,
cheapness, durability, and the proven
ton Of -four sitting out while in transit.
They are constructed entirely by ma
chinery, and the halves are cut so true
that any pieces of the same size will
readily fit together. They will not cost
more than one-third the price of wooden
barrels, are lighter, and fit SO nicely in
the grooves that there is no chance for
-four to sift through, which loss is quite
a heavy percentage in the use of other
kinds
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
AN INTERESTING Elk HIBIT.
The Condition of Our National Commerce
and Finances.

The Condition of Our National Commerce
and Finances.
Mr.. Lucien J. Barnes, of the Bureau
OF Statistics, has recently prepared
tables showing the movement of specie
and bullion and merchandise between
the United States and foreign countries
for a series of years. It appears that
at no former period has the foreign
commerce of the country been in such
a healthy and favorable condition. In
1874, for the first time in over ten years,
the balance of trade in merchandise
was in favor of the United States to the
amount of $40, 000,0 900, specie value, and
for the fiscal year ending June, 1875, the
balance was nearly $80,000,000, specie
value. This most favorable exhibit has
been nearly doubled during the three
quarters of the present year. During
the past seven years we have imported
$3.50, 900, 900 more merchandise than
during the previous ten years, and
81, 122, 100000 more than for the ten
years from 1850 to 1860.
During the past seven years we ex-
ported nearly $1,000,000, more OF
merchandise III gold values than for the
previous ten years, and 81, 40, 600, 900
more than from 1850 to 1850; but our
imports of merchandise for the past
seven years have been $343, 706, 481 in
excess OF our exports of mercantile
commodities.
With the discovery and development
Of the California gold mines, we began to
export specie and bullion in considerable
quantities, and have exported more than
we have received during every year since
then, with the single exception Of the
year ending June, 1861. for which year
we received SIG, 548, 531 more than we
exported, although, during that decade
(1860 to 1870, we exported 1868, 256, 262,
and imported only $170, 581. 1893.
For the past seven years we have ex-
ported $3.50, 1852, Gil of specie and bullion,
and imported but $148, 2O6, 1873. Last
year we exported $40, 900 more than
we received from abroad, but with the
balance of trade in merchandise turning
largely in our favor. We are this year
retaining our usual annual shipments OF
coin, and actually receiving specie from
abroad in excess of our expectations OF
the precious metals. If the present very
fattering prospects are fulfilled for the
| remainder of the present fiscal year, Mr..
Barnes thinks the balance OF trade in
merchandise Will not be short of $780,
1000, in specie value, in favor of the
United States, and that we will have re-
ceived from abroad probably from
$50, 900, 900 to $4,000, 900 in specie.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
Aerial TeIegranll.

Prof. Loomis, of Washington, who
has studied electricity closely, claims to
have communicated with an assistant
twelve miles away by means of an aerial
current. The current was reached by
flying kites certain height at each
point, the string used being a copper
wire When both kites had attained the
same attitudes in the same current, mes
sages were sent and received at the dis
lance mentioned by an instrument at the
ground end of the wire, the only connec-
ton being the atmospheric current be-
tween the kites.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
POLITICAL POINTS.

Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of South Carolina, has
declined, on account of professional engage
ments, the position of Solicitor Of the Treasury,
rendered him by Secretary Sherman at the i'll
stance of the President
Col. j. D. Brady, a native OF Virginia, who
served in the Union army, has been appointed
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Second
Virginia District, in place of George S. Rich
ards, originally of Maine, but who has been
holding the Office in Virginia for the Last twelve
years.
A Washington correspondent says Senator
Morton has avowed his Endorsement of the
Presidents Southern policy
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
The Famine i'm China.

The famine now existing in two or
more districts of China equals if it does
not exceed in suffering that which pre-
vailed in Asiatic Turkey two or three
years ago. The inhabitants of these
provinces are literally dying of starva-
ton, and are putting an end to their
distress by suicide. In one instance, a
father and mother lately buried their
children alive to avoid witnessing their
agonies. The famine has been caused
by the failure Of the harvest for two
years running in districts which are
generally very fertile. Neither grain
nor fruits are to be had at any price, and
the land seems to have been scorched by
burning wind.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

A strange cure of an infrmity which
had afflicted for many years lady of
advanced age, effected, it is supposed. by
the action Of electricity, but without
scientific or medical intervention by ply
sicians, recently took place in Hacken-
sack, n. J. The person in whom this
affection resided, and who was SO sud
denly and agreeably affected, is lady
named Mrs Quackenbush, She is now
80 years and 6 months old. About
twenty years ago her hearing became so
badly impaired that she could only hear
the loudest sounds, and conversation
could only be maintained with her in ex-
tremely high and strong tones. A couple
of Sundays ago thunder-storm passed
over Hackensack. The flashes of light
ming were very vivid, and the thunder
heavy. Mrs. Quackenbush, who was
somewhat nervous, was sitting up in her
bedroom. An unusually sharp flash Of
lightning caused her to start up quickly
from her chair. The thunder followed,
and with the crash Mrs. Quackenbush
felt swapping in her ears, and as
the reverberations of the thr1n-
der rolled away she was surprised
and delighted to find that she
could hear the ticking Of her clock in
the room, and soon after the noise of
the family moving about the house and
in conversation. Since that moment she
has been able to converse easily with her
friends, and to enjoy the conversation Of
others when carried on in distinct man
ner and not too far away from her. She
has never received medical attendance
with a view Of recovering her hearing,
as it was supposed the failing was a
natural decline, a suspension of faculty
which could scarcely have been expected
to remain entirely unimpaired in per-
son of such advanced years. Although
no medical opinion has been sought, it is
believed among the physicians who have
heard Of the case that the cure may have
been wrought under peculiarly favorable
conditions Of the atmosphere, probably
by electrical action.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
Gems from Schiller.
V giYes nothing back.

Eternity gives nothing back.
The May Of life only blooms once.
Opposition infames the enthusiast,
never converts him.
It is not flesh and blood, it is the heart
that makes us fathers and sons.
Be undetermined Our own heart, and
not other mems opinions of us, forms
our true honor.
Happy child The cradle is still to
thee vast space; become man and the
boundless world will be too small to
thee.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

ARENowNED clergyman lately preached
rather long sermon from the text,
.'Thou art weighed in the balance and
found wanting" After the congregation
had listened about an hour, some began
to get weary and went out others soon
followed, greatly to the annoyance Of the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

SOME of the late Cardinal Antonelli's
private papers, discovered in avery secret
closet, have been, by order OF the Pope,
destroyed or put in the secret archives OF
the Vatican.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24
Visible Supply OF Grain.

The Chicago Tribune prints the fol-
lowing statement of wheat and corn in
sight Most of the figures are official,
and the others are close estima+as.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

minister. Another person started, where
upon the parson stopped in his sermon
and said, "That's right, gentlemen as
fast as you are weighed pass out. !"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-24

Miss Cornelia Chisolm, wounded in the Kem-
per county Miss affray, died of gangrene Of
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