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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01
Russian Commerce Depressed.

The exhibit of the foreign commerC
of Russia for the first eight months
1876, as compared with the same perio
of 1875. shows a remarka BILE depressio
of trade. Raw sugar, as an import, hf
declined from A, 600, 900 pounds to a.
100000 pounds; tsa from 100000
100000 pounds; coffee, Oil, wine
fish, bar iron, machinery, and cotto
and wooden fabrics, have declined
about the same ratio. The importation
of coal, steel rails, and raw cotton have
however, increased-the increase il
coal receipts exceeding As per cent
The exports, as a rule, have likewise
fallen off heaviIy-the line of cereals
declining 2,000,O 900 pounds, or to To-
600, 600 pounds, equal to about ]. 400, 600
bushels; and the exports Of fax and
hemp have also fallen off heavily.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01
The GeySerS of America.

A correspondent, writing from The
region Of the National Park, Mon. Civ.
ing description of the geysers anc
other natural curiosities, says: ssThi.
region is not adapted to farming, as
there is a frost nearly every night in tn,
year owing to its great altitude, it being
IN some places 8, $50 feet above the sea
But there is luxuriance of vegetation
excepting where, in the upper and lowe
geyser regions, the hot water killed If
The hot water, although clear to til
eye, is heavily laden with minerals. an
speedily petrl6es objects immersed
it. Some of his party, he said, beingi
haste and unwilling to wait the usu.
process of washing their clothes by on
ting them into boiling spring on Il
end OF rope, put theirs into a geyse
which Indignantly erupted and scattere
the clothing in pieces only serviceab
for patching small holes, and the piec
at once petrified.. Several petrif,
grasshoppers were also shown.
" Ehe rocky formation around the h
springs, he explained and Illustrated,
OF every imaginable color, from the pale
lavender to the darkest brown or blac
while the water in deep pools or sprin.
is of a dark turquoise blue. Even Il
beauties of the place have, however, n
served to save it from the vandalism
insignificant people, who have sought
embelllsh some Of the most beautif
geyser chimneys by the inscription
their names and full postofice az
dresses. Hunting and fishing are of ii
best, game of all kinds being plen
until about two years ago, when par
of hunters killed some two thousand
for their hides, since when elk ha,
been scarce. He advocated earnest
the appropriation of a small sum (
Congress, which has set this grou1
apart for national park, for buildir
roads and keeping it in order, and son
action to prevent the gross vandalis
which is rapidly marring many of Il
beauties of the most beautiful as well
the largest park in the world"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01

clary committee, made report favoring the al
mission OF Mr.. Belford as the Representafira fv
colorado The Indian Appropriation bin w.
passed. A was
Republican Cauctss-A caucus of tbA Pa,,,,,
hcan members of the House was held in the eve,
ing, at which Messrs Garfield ana Hoo
CHOSEN as the representatives Of the party On tIe
house branch OF the electoral tribunal - VIC
MONDAY, Jan. 29.-Sendte.-A special Mac
sage was received from the President annour
nus approval OF the Electoral Arbitration hill III
PRESIDENT says he believes the bill gives ass1,ro
tnat the result will be accepted without resistance
80 the+ OF the disappointed candidate
a4u tnat the highest officer shall not hold biS
place with questioned title of right The AIas
sage also ailudes to the imminent neril tho co,,t
mas mas escaped through the adoption of the bill
Inc PRESIDENT further declares that in No ;1S+a,a
has the President of the Senate eysrc;CaS ar $500
OF decldlng disputed election returns In sr,ob 9
case as this, where the result is involved in doubt
- 10 sne uu'y OF me aw-making power to provide
IN advance lawful mode o. settling the dificuIfv
one OF the two candidates must have been eIscte1
and 1t would be a deplorable siobt ~
witness any controversy as to which
Mr.. Robertson called up MIR. Gordon,s roan':;o
acknowledging the Hampton Government in South
Carolina as the legal Governments and made an Cd
uress supporting the resolution. He denied
tnere was any Intimidation on the mart of the
whites toward the blacks. On the contrarv he baS
no doubt many blacks were deferred from votiDo
the Democratlc ticket by Republicans of their own
color. MIR. Sargent submitted to the Senate the
majority report OF the special committee appointed
to investigate the late election in Florida The re-
port hnds that the electoral Of that State yss
fairly cast TOR Hayes and Wheeler and justites the
action OF the Canvassing Board in throwing ont
certain returns on the ground of fraud and intIm-
idaton. '----
House.-The following bills were introduced and
referred: ~ Mr.. Banning, fixing the time for the
regular meetings of Congress- 1t provides that
the first session of every Congress shall begin on
the 4th of March. By W. b. Williams, declaring
forfeited to the United States certain lands grantee
t cnlgan Ior ra1road purposes, and providing fol-
their sale to actual settlers; by Mr.. Aubbeli Char
terlng freight railroad company from tide-watey
on the Atlantic to the Missouri river.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01
MISCELLANEOUS GLEAEINas.

Business failures: Linforth. Kellogg & Co.,
hardware and agricultural Implements San
francisco; liabilities, $3.50, 900. Samuel Ollen-
dorf jewelry, Montreal liabilities, 100000.
Judge David Davis whom the Illinois Legis-
lature has selected as the successor of MI. Logan
in the United States Senate, was born in Mary
land. in 1916, graduated at Kenyon College,
studied law III Massachusetts, and in 1885 re-
moved to Illinois, settled in Bloomington, and
was admitted to practice there. In 1874 he was
elected to the State Legislature, aud in 1847
to the convention which framed the State
constitution, which was the organic law OF 1lli-
nois until the adoption of the constitution Of
1871. In 1848 he was elected Circuit Judge
of the State, and filed the position by re-elec-
ton until called to his present post, to which
he was appointed in 1862 He was the intimate
friend Of Mr.. Lincoln, rode the circuit with
him for many years, and was delegate at large
to the Chicago convention of 1860.
Gen. John Mcdonald, one of the leading
members Of the Missouri whisky ring, has
been pardoned by President Grant
1t is stated very positively by persons sup
posed to be acquainted with the intentions of
Judge Davis, the new Illinois Senator, that he
will not resign his seat on the Supreme bench
until the 4th of March, when his Senatorial
term will begin.
Justice Davis gives as his reason for not
reslgning until after the 4th of March that he
has several opinions assigned to him to write,
and that he cannot possibly complete them
before that time. H.
A number of officers who served in the war
of the rebellion propose to offer their services
to Iglesias, the deposed constitutional Pres-
dent Of Mexico. They think they can raise
10000 or Is, 900 men for him in Louisiana and
Texas, and that with this force they would
make short work with the Diaz usurpation.
A system of customs frauds, thought to be
unparalleled in breadth and ingenuity, has
just been unearthed at Washington. The
direct means of defrauding the revenue has
been through false invoices, and the only
means of their detection lay in attaching guilt
to United States Consuls in Europe This has
been done by means Of United States official
travelling incognito among the crooked con-
sulates, who has recently returned to Wash
ington, having succeeded in securing clews
that will lead to the convection of some Of the
largest importing firms in the East Suit is
to be commenced by the District ATTORNEYS
against the offending merchants, and the de-
velopments promised are Of a startling char
onfe
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01
Gently shot and killed in that city by woman,
whom he attempted to rob.

Gently shot and killed in that city by woman,
whom he attempted to rob.
south.
Kenner and Casanave, members Of the
Louisiana Returning Board left New Orleans
for Washington, the other day, in custody of
the House Sergeant-at-Arms.
A New Orleans telegram Of the Oath says
ssGov. Packard has addressed note to Gen,
Augur saying he was informed that parish
officers holding commissions Of Nichols took
possession of the Offices in Ouachita parish in
violation of the statu quo Gen. Augur called
Gov. Nichols attention to the complaint Of
Packard. Nichols replied he would have the
matter investigated, and the ousted officials
reinstated."
The Supreme Court of South Carolina has
rendered decision in the quo warranto pro-
ceedings against the Hayes electors, dismissing
the case on the grounds that the proceedings
we're illegally presented OH the part of The
State instead Of the United States.
Robert Gibson, Deputy United States Mar
shall, was murdered at Memphis, few days
ago. by Robert Drury, whose father, a noted
counterfeiter, had been arrested by Gibson.
VIC. D. Whips, proprietor of the Willard
Hotel, Louisville, KY, shot and Killed his
chief clerk, B. W. Stockton, during an alter
cation in the hotel Office, a few days ago.
An order has been issued by one of the
Judges of the South Carolina Supreme Court
restraining nhe Treasurer and Comptroller
from drawing any warrants or paying any
funds out of the State treasury under the ap-
preparation bills passed by the Chamberlain
Legislature. The injunctionswas issued on the
ground that the House of Representatives
which originated the bills was not legally
elected or organized legislative body.
A decision has been rendered by Judge Car
penter, at Columbia, s. c., to the effect, first,
that neither Chamberlain nor Hampton has
been legally inaugurated Governor of South
Carolina and, second, that Chamberlain is le-
gally entitled to the Office until his successor is
legally installed. 8
A conflict between whites and blacksis repor =
ed from Tmmonsville, s. G. B. o. Holloway, a
Republican trial justice, was assassinated by
unknown parties, whereat the blacks became
excited and began to arm themselves. The
whites also organized and armed strong po-
lice force. The two parties came in collision,
and the result was that two whites were
wounded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01

Seven Democrats and seven Republicans were
absent, namely King, Collins, Egbert, Wigginton
Lord, Hayes, Bass, Stevens, Carson, Phillips of
Kansas, Schumacher, Odell, Ross and Wheeler.
SATURDAY, Jan. 27.-Senate. Allison
introduced bill to construe section IL of the Pa
ciic Raroad act of July /, 1862, and to determine
the relation of the main line and branches. Re-
ferred Mr.. Wright called up the Senate bill to
extend for two years from the 10th of March next
the act establishing the Board of Commissioners of
Southern Claims Passed The bill to ratify the
agreement with certain bands of Sioux nation In
dams and with the Northern Arapahoe and Chey
enne Indians passed. ,4sre
Hotsse.-The House, by party vote, and amid
much general excitement, declared the members
of the Louisiana R eturning Board in contempt for
refusing to produce the returns and other docu-
ments relating to the Louisiana election. The
members of the board submitted a written answer,
in which they denied the right of the House to de-
mand the papers, denouncing the attempt of the
committee to compel their production as usurpa-
ton, etc., and claiming that the documents in
question were beyond their reacn, being in pos
session of the Louisiana Secretary of State. After
the reading of the answer the House passed reso-
lutions ordering the prisoners to be held in the
custody of the Sergeant-at- until they produce
the papers. Mr.. Knott, Chairman of the Judi
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-02-01
DOMESTIC NEWS.
East.

Messrs. Moody and Sankey opened their re-
vival campaign in Boston on Sunday, the 18th
ult., with every Indication Of success equal
to that which has attended their labors else
where. The Tabernacle was densely filled, and
it is said that 10000 people were unable to
gain admittance.
IS . West.
A hundred plates for the manufacture of
counterfeit money, and $4,000 in fnely-ex-
executed 50-cent notes, were captured last week
engraver of the plates is in custody, and the
seizure was effected through his confession.
Maggie Mitchell. the peerless little commedi-
enne, is announced for an engagement at Nc
Vicker's Theater, Chicago, in new and brilli-
antplay, entitled ''Mignon,' written for her by
Mr.. James B. Runnion, one of the editors of
the Chicago Tribune. The play will be
mounted with the usual splendid scenic effects
for which this theater has become famous
The municipal authorities and leading
physicians Of Chicago are conferring together
with view of deyising measures to arrest the
spread Of diphtheria and scarlet fever, which
prevail to an alarming extent in that city.
The Indianapolis Academy Of Music has been
destroyed by fire. Loss $75, 900 to 100000.
Samuel Saunders, Walter Cunningham and
Samuel Younce were killed by boiler explosion
in saw-min near Eaton, Ind, last week. -Four
other men were dangerously scalded.
Dave Raggio, one Of the most noted burglars
and desperadoes that infest Chicago, was re-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-21

Wheat was In moderate demand, but very strong The
No Milwaukee 81 sil for No do In store ii 81 or
No Chicago In store anu aont, 81 So tor white state.
81 40 Tor No red 81 - tor amber to arrive 81 40
spring. Tor January, 81 81 and 10000 bushels do
December, At 81 81 III 32l Corn hrmcr The sues
calls suO pushes, January steamer, 1ic
between tho calls were I25,oOo bushels e3&c. Tor
steamer mixed; o5isc. for 80. mixed. ahoat; SIC.
6IIsc Tor do store Soc for No mixed 6Jsc Tor old
Rye ruled hrm Bariey Was steady. with sales 5000
bushels No. Canada ut SOC barley matt quiet.
Oats about nc desrer The sales about 2sOu
bushels closing folio.s;.No White 4lssc No. Do.
mixed 3Dc. No. do, 3oc.
iiEMP JUTE.-Jute butts steady and quiet.
1882 single, $2iO 81 for douDe $3.50 1885
tor undossed Russia, clean 500 $40, gold Italian,
x27O 1918. gold jute 4Sc &c. gold jue butts, 24c,
currency, cash; Manila hemp. To- sisai, oAc ise, BE-
NoLAssss-forcign neglected and values we're more
ass nominal New Orleans stsady active. Ne
quote .Cuba centrifugal and mixed, 2Jc. 2Sc ciayed
3Uc 3jc muscovado refining, 3c 3lc grocery 3c.
37c Porto Rico SIC 49, glish Islands, Sc 4Uc;
New Orleans sale made within the OF Boz
choice the latter for fancy old crop
42c.
NAVAL STORES Spirits turpentins aull and nomina
Tar and pitch in moderate jobbinH demand. We
quote spits turp-ntinc nerchantabe order 33c ron.
good strained 81 80 strained VI IO tar ~ - ~ 37s
pitch ~ 20. Advces from Milmington were - ioows;-
Kosn easier stained, 81 An good strained 81 47n.
quiet At 81 80 Tnrpennc steady; hard VI 30: son and
virgin, - Is. Spirits steady mt 2glac.
asked At the call DE ,ember h3c bid 56c asked
January, DE bid 53c asked February 5osc bid, 52tsc.
asked March, SOC bid, sic. ssked seller year. 4Sc Did
We quass Lip.ses oll ss lard 9as se sperm
naius do u sS erads Nerihsra vSs sssskss. 90
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-21
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

GALVESTON, Dec 20. 1877.
ordinary sss Ne, rssslp.; sos S.lss 1853.
Cotton iair deasnd; middling. IOs4c low midding
lo fGss TG Meet :. n. sS Sss
E7O6: cosstwiss, SD. Sales. $500 stock 2s2 5U2.
Mo,Lx. Dec. 20. 1877
loc sosS sIansy s% Ns 1sssO s sss. Ex
ordinary IS 5sssP's 1895 Sass Ssss
CHAKL.sror Dec. 90 1877.
Grsa. Britain. eia ooasswss. g. Sales 1000
WILMINGTON. \; G, Dec. 90 1877.
:, sa :s;s;S ,Sgsa,ns Steady o.
OswEco, Doc 90 1877
.@s:. siT'sS Viii. 'sas .
s:s :as White Hississa s; .sd r ss.;s
Canada held :. sas:: No ao SIC Corn .s.i, 81.
D:. 'Ss Is p.r .sn ap
s SSis ''''''' Darcy 'A'''' 0' '' ''0'
wheat SSSr In De 5 600 s
s.ts s .s s.s. s'Fs ':gp,
o tss sn H. to
iermr; new high mixed - tsc. bushels No.
s s$ S mixed .sas. at ono sonn nH0o F ss
active Barley STEADY; sales 400 bushels No. choice
Bay Qnnte In store 81 s5c nD do canada track at
soc HiRhwnes Arm; sale. OF zoo bbs at 81 o9s Asl II
for city utnsr articles unchanged Railroad Ireghts
unchanged Receipts BY railroad Flour. 400 bbls.
wheat 500 bushsis corn 80 40 do. oats 1890 do
Flour 100 bills whest. ~ bushels: corn 900 do
oats, 1890 do; barley. $4,000 rye. 1900 do.
TOLEDO, Dec 10 1877.
whsat STEADY; No. white Wabash, 81 %; No. white
,s n s5Ta .: de q ;msT No. sps
winter 81 ~; No red Writer po, 81 2s seller Law
q.ss,sd Dayton s sn rs' II ls
ST 2T5a No. spring. 81 12s Corn steady: high mixed
ole. 2 .pot 5ose seller May 47,sc new spot seller
4ss damaged. 4sc new s7sc "si.daii: No a. sc
noyersesd -Mamm.th "a So prime q 60 Hog. held At
$500 do. shipments-Flour. 800 bbIs wheat. 1900
bushels; corn. 81 900 OATS 400 do. Grain store
do Marssts eIossdWhsst easier amber Michissn spot
81 30; January 81 81; February 81 3d. No red winter
January, 81 20; February 81 3ols. Corn quiet: M
changed. clio ersced dull 81 40; No 2 81 A.
CHICAGO, Dec 20 1877
Flour dali and unchanged Wheat active but lower;
No > Chicago spring. 81 Us cash aud December: 81 ts
81 os, January 81 UssS February; No 3ao.. 81 o,t
rejected ssc Corn IN tair demand but lower especially
cash 445sc, cash and December: 425sc January age
February March rejected 35c Oats fairy active aud
shade higher 2sc, cash and January: 2+As, Deeem-
cl weak lower; Sll 80. cash and January S1I %,
February Lard dull and shade lower 7oa 81 521s
February. Bulk steady and unchanged Whiskey,
81 Receipts Flour. I2.ooD bills. wheat. 72.oO0
bushels: $1,000 do Oats, 200p0 do 1900 do
5000 bushels corn, 80 900 do osts $1,000 do barley
1900 do Markets closed Wheat active; 4c. higher.
Corn fairly .cs,ys, 44,se psesmbsr: a2as o43s.c,
unchanged. Lard larry active 2,sc. higher
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-21
REPORT.

COTTON SPOT STEADY; FUTURES CLOSED
srEADY-FLOUR sTEADY-wHEAv STRONG
CORN FIRMER-oATs FIEMER-wAIsKEY
QUIET - PORK UNCHANGED - LARD UN-
CHANGED-PETROLEUM DULL-oILs STEADY
SPIRITS TURPENTINE wEAK-RosIN STEADY
COFFEE sTEADY-sUGAR sTEADY-rREIoHTs
QUIET.
THURSDAY, Dec 2O-6 p. NJ.
Business moderate to-day and there was but
little excitement anywhere. The -four market was
steady with fair trade. Wheat held rather too
high to sell freely. Corn nrmer. Oats
dearer. Pork and lard without decided change.
Freights were quiet Cotton the spot steady.
Futures closed steady. Coffee and sugar remained
steady. Oils generally steady. Petroleum dull
Rosn steady and spirits turpentne weak.
CoFrEE.-The market for Rio ruled steady. but with
OF 1000 bags Rio. Aureola, private terms.
We quote Ordinary cargoes, Ice. l6hc; fair do.
1916 good do, l9c prime do 1880 1916 extreme
range lots l6c 2lac. Santos. fair good 1856
1870, gold 90 days; Java. government bags re 23c
Ceyou lsc. loo. Msracaioo, 1875. Iyc Lasuayrs
lie 1vc. Jamaica. l6c 17lac.. 3d. Domingo Ice.
1910 Porto Rico. lie. 2Uc.; Costa kics l7c zoe
Mexican. 161ac lsc M.csssar. Ito &c., Angostura.
CoTToN-1here WAS only . moderate demand for
cotton the market ruled steady Ut 0rmer prices Fu
ture deliveries opened - points higher he market
not active and huctuatcd bnt little during the
ing The oca closing day. compared with
Wodnesa lOllOWs:-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-21

bIesched winter. 7oc natural do SIC extra Toe:
72e winter bsschsd fab. 5sc; crude nsn Sound. 45c.
rsTsoLnus IN. msrks, for refined stll dull, but
sn were nomin.v uneh.ng.d 1000 case. sold q. oc
s soss We quote Crude. e. bulk &C. d. IN barre.
ioe asked to oa"ay crana psphsss % ~ e r s
dnary refined. at Philadsphs. is.c asked; Baltimore.
roulrnY.-The market no. active and prices were
soYs 10 sa &c. Jersey sSo
to prime, lie lie Chickens-Jersey good prime
'Ss e pssas good ls s pss ss'd
To m sao
70 prime &C. zoe Western. good 70 prime 90 zoe.
Western, per pair 81 - o. cSieEsn:~Jsr.sy Sc.
faos;'oss ssssiss:ios * 81 u ss lard saas
s1s
s s s%a .s 200 rs d s % "a .s s
ss asss; ssis .sss Msrs s
iooSo boil. p,sssd bellies. i asss.:s al ssss;
!. III, - lbs. az re Smoked hams wsIs quoted
s.s .sss Bacon ruled STEADY go bs.s. I ,sns clear
sGS e usss.so an DS 50 % city long was asd
SSs. as s and az s for sy ss
sses ,h he el e ga" price, wsrs looSs psss
Sa BID "ss. .s.s .s BID =
Is ~ sa ASKED IS aa es al were $40 At =
ssra.s ~. NJ 's IS ss% = i ' Z;
sr 4. . so" . s"ss ws1s .soS. ~, ,srsss
hsansdssiss were 100 .ieres' uon.i.su, 4. y o. aud
Tho I'D tor tho lner grades Was very sod aud ui
prices were obtained without dhicnity but the lover
cry 3os 3tc. state DAIRY al re. sOc aud Western
common 10 hne. at i2c 22c. Cheese Receipts. 3osl
tue common GRADES ware nsgectc aud sntreiy nominal
quoted ut is Tor ia ~, crss and e and os Tor skmmsd
We quote LONG Island. New Jersey aud nearby 26c.
az e. STATE and ''"H'S'a'A sss- sSs Western re
RICE Theirs was t.ir jobbns movement In domestic at
full prices f0regn was quiet but steady. We quote:
7c.; Leps4na good 20 prime new. o., GAs: ra.n..
10 The. currency Rangoon in pond 3nc $40. goie
sucAK-Raw remained steady: but there special
s Eas W. note s. bag; 's sss
refining a'.c good d. 7s.e; prime do: 5'sc. cuba
and boxes so. 70 is a,sc Do, moss.ss. nnds'
and boxes, &C. To-. Polio Rico. refining, common
sgss;; sru s's
p..Ssrsa ~ es s sas H., VII , s.e ea gs.au
sIsc. yellow extra o.. Tho. 7s.c other grades IN.
sTEAnlSE-Eecrp,s- bbls. The market ruled steady
atss TO- W Is Tor prime
Taow dull: the sales were 5000 los. At 7Isc
wnisKEY. Receipts $50 bbls. Whisky was quiet; rs
"REMINISCENCES light In all classes Of tonnage
but rates were unchanged L,ysrpso
cases canned goods, 25s 800 b.es Cotton NJ I'D
s PSF. ..a ."na' ss ; sooo0 bushels s
beef O. The grain contracts IN al should nave
canned goods. 2s 3D. 100 cheese. Havrs sail
Coass bacon lard. and 500
s S IS ..is In ~ss
the berth At rates: Norwegian bark hence TO Cork
Ssr So soaa
=. s. Ana iaooo bushels barley a. IS, 81 per
iaa ess % %"niss v "a
enswsrp With 400 bSs ssaas pssrcss% ~ 3d.
Norwegian bark hence 70 London. with 1900 obs naph
Al "A IN