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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-27
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.


The dedication of the new monument at
Paoh, Pa, in honor of ffty-three American
soldiers under Gen. Anthony Wayne, killed by
British troops under Gen. Gray, 100 years ago,
took place on the goth of September. Among
those present were Gov. Hartranft and staff,
and gran ison of Anthony Wayne :
The discovery of the over-issue of about
Sl,OOO,00O worth of stock of the West Phila-
delphia Passenger Railway Company is the
Quaker City's latest criminal sensation. John
s. Morton, President of the company (and
who, by the way, is also President of the Phil
adelphia Permanent Exhibition) makes clean
breast of it, aud says the fraud has been going
on for seven years.
The Clairmont Savings Bank. of New York.
has collapsed, and the President is under ar
rest.
A fire at Keyport, N. j., burned 100000
worth of property.
The First National Bank of Cortland, N Y,
has been robbed of 5000, 600 worth of stocks,
bonds, etc.
An east-bound passenger train on the Union
Pacific railway was stopped by highway
men at Big Springs, Neb., 100 miles
east of Cheyenne, on the night of Sept IS.
The robbers first took possesslen of the station
at the Springs, destroying the telegraph in
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-27
POLITICAL POINTS.

The Republican State Convention of Massa.
chusetts met at Worcester last week and nom.
mated the following ticket Governor, Alex
ander H. Rice Lieutenant Governor, Horatio
G. Knight; Secretary of State, Henry B.
Pierce Attorney General, Charles R. Train
Treasurer aud Beceiver General, Charles Epdi-
colt Auditor, JuliusL. Clarke. The following
resolutions were adopted
Resotucd, That we reaffirm, first of all, our I'M
waver ng allegiance to the fundamental truth and
principle which have inspired the triumph of the
Republican party. We accept the responsibility Of
the national administration again committed to
Republican hands q trust to be exercised for
the welfare of all the people, without distinction of
race, color, locality, or creed The armed struggle
for union and equal rights is at an end. The
grand results accepted facts in national history
Watchful guarding, and finally maintaining all that
has been achieved, we do not propose to abandon
the helm drift with the tide, but to address our
selves with vgor and courage to the pending issues,
and to insist upon their settlement in the interest of
good government, national progress and enduring
union.
2 That congratulate the country upon the right
ful a. cession Of the Republican President, whose
conspicuous integrity, honesty of purpose, wisdom,
moderation, and irmness command the confidence
of he people, give assurance of pure, economical,
and benecent administration of public affairs, and
thus afford opportunity and encourage the prospect
IF the speedy restoration OF confidence and revival
of business activity.
3. That we hail with unspeakabe pleasure every
sign of promise of the final and permanent pacifca
ton of the Southern section of our country under
local Sc fgosernment, based upon the full recogni-
tioE Of the equal rights of all by all, and
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Turks, after five days bombardment, made
furious assault on the position. There was
desperate fighting for nine hours, resulting in
the utter discontinue of the Turks, with encr-
nous losses.
A desperate battle was fought in the valley
of the LON on Monday, Sept. II. A CORE
spondent at the Russian headquarters at Biela
telegraphs that "Thirty-two battalions and
eight batteries, comprising the whole of the
troops under the command Of the Czarowitz,
attacked Assaf Pasha's division at Sirakeny.
The Turks were strongly reinforced at once
and Ressians were driven back with great
slaughter. The battle was in every respect q
decisive one.'
A Constantinople correspondent says it is
stated that Ismail Pasha has arrived before
Erivan, in Russian Armenia, and is about to
attack that place.
Dispatches from before Plevna of the 21st
state that "the Russians maintain a partial
blockade of the place, and continue desultory
bombardment They are waiting for the I'm
perial Guard, one division of which is already
at or near the crossing place on the Danube,
while another is following with as much expe-
dition as possible. But Osman. is getting rein
forcements, too. Chefket Pasha, the Bulgarian
butcher, has pushed his way northward from
Sofia, with convoy of provisions for Plevna
and force Of twenty or thirty thousand men,
and has already opened communications with
Osman. There is nothing new from Suleiman
or Mehemet ALI"
It is estimated at the Russian headquarters
that the Turks lost 1900 men in the late at
tempt to capture Fort st. Nicholas
A London dispatch of the 22d says Fighting
is reported to have begun between the forces
of Mehemet Ali and the Czarowitch near Bela.
The Turkish commander, who has been adj
vancing for several days with extreme caution,
came up with the Russian outposts Thursday,
and some skirmishing took place, followed by
a more serious conflict Friday, resulting in the
loss to the Russians of 5000 men, and to
the Turks of 5000. Both sides claim the vic
tory
According to reports current in Constantine
pie, the Sultan is resolved not to accept media
ton "while single Russian soldier remains
on Turkish soil, nor to entertain propositions
for an armistice unless the bases of treaty of
peace are at the same time defined.
A correspondent who was an eyewitness of
the battle fought on Sept. 81 between the
Czarowitch and Mehemet ALL telegraphs from,
Tzercouna as follows "Five or six different
attacks were made to-day by the Turks, with
from one to three battalions each. and all un-
supported. The attacks failed. The loss t.
the Turks was very heavy. A number of killed
and wounded can be seen lying on the open
ground over which the combatants passed.
The Russians maintain their positions, which
consist of a series of formidable trenches"
The Russian official bulletin, dated Gorny.
Studen, Sept. %, says: "The Turks renewed
the bombardment of the Schipka pass positions
Friday. In the afternoon they began an as
sault on the right flank, but were repulsed.
They then attacked the left and center, and
were likewise repulsed. Fighting lasted until
night"
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THE TRAIN ROBBERS.
The Details of the Remarkable FOray at
Big Springs, Nebraska-One of the Most
Daring and Successful RObberies on
[Omala Cor. Chicago Tribune. ]

Record.
[Omaha Cor. Chicago Tribune.]
Just previous to the arrival Of the ex-
press No. 4, bound east, in charge of
Conductor Patterson, two masked men
stepped into the office of the Station
Agent, Mr., Barnhart, who was complete
~ taken by surprise. They pointed four
cooked revolvers at him, and ordered
him to tear up his telegraph instrument.
Mr.. Barnhart tried to deceive them by
taking up his sounder, but they stopped
him and made him take up his relay,
which they carried with them. The
person who gave the orders was the Capt
tain, and seemed to be an intelligen-
man, and Mr.. Barnhart is of opinion
that he is telegraph operator. They
then ordered him to put out the red
light, all the time keeping him covered
with revolvers. After the red light was
hung out on the track they commanded
Barnhart to get his mail ready as usual.
Their arrangements were now COM
plete for receiving the expected train,
which soon came along, and, of course,
stopped in obedience to the rea-ight
signal. The masked marauders, there
being seven of them in the party, then
at once began to carry out their we'll
laid plans. The four who had Barnhart
in charge took him to the door of the
express car and made him knock as he
usually does when he wishes the express
messenger to open the door. Miller,
the express messenger, having no sus-
picion that any other person except
Barnhart was outside, opened the door
a little way, when three of the robbers
caught the door, and, throwing it wide
open, presented their revolvers at the
messenger. They then went through
one Of the safes in the car and secured
the treasure-boxes, containing $4,000
in gold coin. The through safe. which
has combination lock which is only
unlocked at each end of the Union Pa
cifc road, they did not touch, as the
messenger did not know the combina-
ton, and could not, therefore, reveal
the secret to them, notwithstanding
their threatening demands. The rob-
bers did not interfere with the United
States maila, but went from the express
Car into the first class passenger coaches
and robbed the passengers, after which
they disappeared. They had no horses
in sight, but it is supposed that they
had their steeds concealed near by.
The conktry in which the robbery was
committed is wild and dreary, and some
trouble may be experienced in striking
theright trail 1t is thought that they
have gone north, and that they are the
same robbers who have recently been
plundering Black Hills stage coaches
This is the first robbery of the kind
that has ever occurred on the Union Pa
cifc, although it is wonder to many
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Interior Department building has been
partially destroyed by fire. The flames broke
out in the attic of the immense building, among
an enormous collection of models, and gained
great Roadway before the means of extinguish-
ment could be successfully employed. About
$4,000 patented and 10000 unpatented models
were burned, or broken in moving.
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THE WAR IN THE EAST.

Like nearly every story that is telegraphed
from Constantinople, the reported capture of
Fort ST. Nicholas by the Turks turns out OF
have no basis of truth. 1t appears that the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-09-27

Miss CARLoTTA PATTI, sister of AIDE
lima Patti, is hopelessly Ill with compli-
cation of maladies arising from the dis
eased hip-joint which caused her lame
ness.
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THERE are said to be $4,000 Jews in
the CITY of San Francisco.
, 1877-12-08

lief Of their mother and Dunfleld
went out after Hopper. The evi-
dence does not say where he went,
but our reporter learned that he
went to the house Of Mr.. Carey, q
few rods below on the Same street,
and raped ct the door. Mr.. Carey
answered his questions but refused
to admit him, upon which Dunfeid
went sway swearing. On returning
to the honse he sho. himself in the
back Of the head with small re-
volver, the ball passing under the
skin a short distance and then out,
without entering the skull. The
wretched man then crawled up the
stairs, where he SHORTLY after expired
from the effects Of the pistol shot
and strychnine, which he had pre-
viously taken.
The remains were brought into
Russell's undertaking rooms this
morning, and an inquest was held
by Coroner Bagley. Following is
the
VERDICT OF THE CORONRR's JURY.
We, the undersigned, jurors sum
moned before 81. B. Bagley, Coro-
ner of thu county of King, at the
city of Seattle, on the Sd day of
December, 1877, to inquire into the
death of Perry Dunf1eld, found
dead, having been duly sworn ac-
cording to law, and having made
such inquestion after inspecting the
body. and hearing the testimony ad-
duced, do upon our oath, each and
all of us, say we find the deceased
was named Perry Dunfield; that he
was a native of Virginia, and aged
about 81 years, that he came to his
death on the Sd day of December.
1877, in this county, by his own
hand, to wit: by shooting himself
in the head with pistol and taking
strychnine, and that the act resulted
from temporary insanity. All Of
which We duly certify by this in
question in writing, by us signed
this Sd day of December, A. D. 1877.
o. G. SHoREY, F. NJ. SEWER,
J. D. SMITH, w. C. HAWTHORNE,
A. S. PINKHAM, J. T. JORDAN.
, 1877-12-08

T The only way to get at Facts is
by Investigation; therefore we ask one
and all to call and price stock at Hem
dicks & Curtis before buying at any
other house in the city. By so doing
you will save at least Is per cent. We
do not belong to the kid>glove family.
therefore are right on the work. Please
compare prices to-day with prices the
day we commenced business in your
city. PONDER WELL. We keep Steam,
Water and Gas Pipe. and such goods as
you generally find in Plumber and
Gas Filters Shop. Pumps of all kinds.
Saws framed aEd gummed, general Job
Work done. and the Only Durable
Lamp Chimney in the World. noy24tf
, 1877-12-08

Mrs. DUNF1ELD.--The condition of
Mrs. Dunfeld is much the same as yes
terday. and some of her friends enter
tain hopes of her recovery. She is per-
fectly conscious, and when allowed to
speak talks calmly of her condition,
and gives SUCH aivice as is necessary
to her grief stricken daughters. She
expresses her readiness to give up her
life if it is the will of her Heavenly
Father, though she would be spared to
her family if it is so ordered. Friends
are with her constantly. and her cheer
full department has caused them to hope
against hope. The scene is intensely
affecting, and speaks eloquently in fa-
vor of Christianity. Had Mrs. Dunfield
been very much frightened at the time
of the cutting yesterday. ne doubt the
effect would have been her almost i'm.
mediate death.
Mr.. SAM WOODS. from the Snoho-
mish. is spending q few days with his
friends in the city. Money on that
river, which for some time past has
been very stringent, will soon be plen>
tiful. Logs to the amount Of 1000, 900
feet have been run out and sold, and
when the returns are made the molasses
will run freely in that section.
D1ED.-In this city. December
4th, of diphtheria. Alfred Hillory,
son of S. F. and Rachael Coombs,
aged II years and 8 months. The
funeral will take place from the res
idence of Mr.. Coombs, on Front
street, tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
ARTHUR AUSTIN, while cutting q
tree at Shelton's logging camp at
Oyster Bay, last week, was struck by
falling limb and his face and head
badly bruised.
E. Il. N1coLL. ESQ.,. a young lawyer
who comes to the city highly recon-
mended. has opened an Office in the
Dispatch Buildings. second floor.
The schooner Hera sailed from
Gray's Harbor few days ago, with
. cargo of canned salmon, hides,
bolts, etc., valued at $25, 900
, 1877-12-08

YAK1MA.-The fertile valleys of
Yakima county are beginning to be
appreciated. Kittitas, the principal
settlement in the county, is putting
in large crops this fall. They pro-
pose, until the s. & w. w. Railroad
is completed, to ship their products
to Portland via the Columbia river.
A good wagon road, thirty miles in
length, has been constructed to
Priest Rapids, where steamboats, will
ply next fall, the o. s. N. Co., in or
der to catch the freighting of that
region; having agreed to send a boat
up whenever certain amount of
grain or other freight had accumu-
lated at that point. There is a fine
future in store for that region. It
is destined to become one of the
most important farming centers in
eastern Washington Territory. The
valley drained by the Yakima river
and its tributaries is Of most fertile
land. of which there is still large
quantity vacant and awaiting settle
ment.
MISSIONARY CoNCERT.-The Meth
odist Episcopal church was well fill
ed last evening on the occasion of
the Missionary Concert by the Sab
bath school. Twelve or more of the
scholars took part in the exercises,
reading and reciting appropriate
pieces = all acquitting themselves
very creditably. Mrs. Anderson
of the University read in an exceed
ingly impressive manner q choice
piece of her own selection, leaving a
lesson not Soon to be forgotten. This
was followed by a brief but very ap-
propriate address from President
Anderson of the University, on the
practical importance and value of
Bible instruction, especially the en-
couragement of obedience to the
Ten Commandments. A quartette
sung by Mr.. and Mrs. Ward, Mr..
Loman and Miss Coulter made an ex-
cellent impression on the audience.
WANT.--A man who resided in
Belltown recently went to San Fran
cisco, leaving his family behind.
Last Saturday it become known that
his family were in want, having but
little in the house to eat. L. Diller,
of the city market, had been furnish
ing them with meat, and that was
about all they had. As soon as their
circumstances become known Mr..
Bell took them sack of flour, a
man. name unknown, took sack of
potatoes, and the neighbors gener.
ally came to their relief with neces.
sary articles, SO that now these peo-
pie are supplied. The family are
expecting the necessary money to
take them to San Francisco.
CHICKEN THIRF CAUGHr.-Mr. M.
R. Maddocks has some fine fowls,
and of late they have been disap-
pearing. At last Frank Spencer set
a trap in the poultry house, and late
last night he went on a reconnaissance
to see the result. Sure enough the
thief was in the trap, and trying to
escape. Frank was so exaspera.ed
the he emptied the six chambers of
his revolver in tho body of the
thief, killing him. He says the
skunk was a whopper. The young
man who watched the shooting with
his Sunday clothes on wants q new
suit this morning, he is going to bury
the clothes he wore yesterday.
SEATTLE jobbing trade in increas-
ing rapidly, and country merchants
are learning that they can buy in
this city at as good rates as in San
Francisco. Last Saturday Hugh
McAleer & Co.. of this city, sold an
order Of 81, 500 worth of goods to q
Tacoma firm.
, 1877-12-08
SEATr1E, Nov. %, 1877.

SEATTLE, Nov. %, 1877.
To THE EDITOR o. TaH D1sPArcu:
I wish to say q few words through
the medium Of your valuable paper
concerning our county prisoners.
There are men confined in our Jail
at present serving out the following
enormous fines: One for 81, ,O44 IS,
and another $40, and one for $500.
Some of these men were confined
four months in Jail previous to
their trial, at the expense of the
county; and it appears there are no
means of working these men to ad-
vantage, or in fact of working them
at all. An act passed by our last
Legislature authorizes the County
Commissioners to pay no money for
the support of a deputy sheriff or
overseer to look after these men
while at work, or something to that
effect. Now, we cannot expect Mr..
Wyckoff, our Sheriff, to hire man
exclusively to guard county prison
ers doing county work. In regard
to the unreasonable fines against
some of these men, for simple mis-
demeanor or keeping disorderly
houses, would it not be much better
for us to pattern little more after
the system of other cities, and if a
man keeps disorderly house. one
that is an annoyance to the public,
have him brought before a justice
of peace and fined in such sum as
he can pay, and if he repeats the Of
fence and should be indicted by a
grand jury, then have his license
revoked and the house shut up, and
have him fined in some reasonable
amount for the offence. Financial
ly our present system is failure;
instead of the criminal paying his
fine, the people are paying it for
him. He is simply shut up in COM
Portable quarters for the winter,
where he can lay back, smoke his ci-
gar and read the evening journals.
1t would be much greater punish
ment for those men now to be eturned
out and compelled to "rustle for
hash" through the hard winter; be-
sides, it would lessen the expense on
the county some $500 or $1,000.
This practice of levying such exor-
bitant fines on bankrupt men, and
practically making taxpayers foot
the bill. is done in no other Terri
tory or State in the Union. This
fning men 81 900 on first offence, for
simply a disorderly house, smacks a
little of "Sinbad the Sailor or the
Salem witchcraft. Now I do not at
tempt to exonerate these parties;
they no doubt committed the offences
they are charged with, and should
pay a just fine for their misdemean-
ors; but as citizens they have rights
that ought to be respected, and
should have their fines placed with
in their reach, as a private citizen
would have, without prejudice from
the Courts. TAXPAYER.
, 1877-12-08


county, refused to receive county
orders in payment of county taxes,
except from the person in whose IA
vor the order was drawn. Mr.. Geo.
7. Lambert offered to pay his taxes
with two county orders drawn fn IA
vor of James Davidson and 81. L.
Caples, and upon the refusal of the
Treasurer to receive them, an appli-
cation was made to Judge Greene
for writ of mandamus, compelling
Mr.. Bier to show cause, etc. The
matter was argued before the court
last Saturday evening by Messrs.
Bloomfield and Fletcher. and taken
under advisement by the Judge, who
promises as speedy decision as the
importance of the question will per-
NIT.
Mr.. JOSEPH SoMERs, one of the
proprietors Of the Chuckanut stone
quarry, is in the city. He states
that as yet they have not extended
their sales of stone outside the
Sound, but will in time ship it to
San Francisco and elsewhere. The
quality of the stone is unsurpassed
on the coast, and commands ready
sale wherever offered.
PRUNING TREEs.--John Schweit-
zer, skillful tree pruner recently
from the East, publishes notice in
this issue. Mr.. Schweitzer is recon-
mended as thoroughly competent.
having pruned trees for number of
of our citizens, Persons desiring
such work-and this just the time to
to have it done-should give him .
trial.
BALL AND SUPPER.-We learn that
Seattle Lodge, No. Z, I. o. O.
F., will give grand ball and supper
on Christmas night at Yesler's Hall.
A general invitation will of course be
extended to all. From the manner
in which Seattle Lodge manages
these affairs, we are assured that this
one will be decidedly successful.
The Spiritualists' Society will
meet at Reinig's Hail tomorrow at
2 o'clock P. N. All Spirituralists
and Liberals are particularly invited
to attend, for special reasons. Per
order of committee.
Rev. FATHER CEsARY has been ap-
pointed by the Bishop of this do
cese resident priest for Port Town
send and includes within his dis
trict La Conner, WILDLY Island and
San Juan.
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CHEYENNE MARKETS.
Groceries. train. Provisions, ETC.

Corrected weekly by whippIe & Hay, Whole
sale and Retail Grocers and Commission
Merchants.
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m" bTedteSt -heuicdt discovery SINCE Me Cfe,i-
fioH Of Man, or SINCE the
ment Of The Christian Era.
There never has been,n time when the
been caused by outward application as the
present. 1t Is an undisputed fact that over
half of the entire population OF the globe re-
sort to the use OF ordinary plasters.
DIR. MELvIS'S CAPsIcUM Porous PLASTERS
are acknowledged by all who have used
them, to act quicker than any other plaster
they ever before tried, and that one OF these
plasters will do more real service than n hun
dred of the ordinary kind. All other plus
tiers are slow of action, and require TO be
worn continually to effect a cure; but with
these II is entirely difierent; the instant one
is applied the patient will feelits effect.
Physicians in. all ages have thoroughly
and 1t has always been more or less used as a
medical agent for an outward applications;
but 1t is only offs very recent date that its adj
vantages in n porous plaster have been dis
covered. Being, however. convinced OF the
wonderful cures effected by DIR. MELvIN's
CAPsIcUM PoRous PLAsTERS and their supe-
riority over all other plasters, they now
actually prescribe them, in their practice. for
such diseases as rheumatism, pain in the side
and back, and all such cases as have required
the use of plasters or liniment. Arter you
have tried other plasters and liniments.a and
they have failed, and you want n certain
cure, ask your druggist for DIR. MELvIN's
believe your own convictions of its wonder
full effects. Although powerful and quick in
Its action, yOu can rely on its safety for the
most delicate person to wear, as Ii is free
monty used in the manufacture of culinary
plasters. One trial lis II sufficient g%uafantcr
OF us merits, and one plaster will sell hun
Ask your druggist for DIR. MARvIS'S CAP
sICuM POROUS PLASTER and take no other;
or, on receipt of p cents for one, 81 for five. or
81 for n dozen, they will be mailed, post paid,
to any address in the United States or Cana
das.