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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15

some of them fatally, and dozen or more
slightly injured. The accident was caused by
the stopping of the freight conductors watch.
Most of the victims were English and German
emigrants, bound for the West.
The dead body Of John Fl. Whipple,
a son of Bishop Whipple, of Minnesota, was
recently found floating in the Ohio river, with
a bullet hole in his head, The deceased was
81 years of age. He was wild and reckless in
his habits, and for four years he has not been
at school. Last April he left home without
notifying his family, and the last heard of him
alive he was at Cincinnati. It is supposed that
he committed suicide.
One-third the town of Shasta, CAL,
has been destroyed by fire.
South.
At barbecue ten miles from Frank
fort, KY, an ARRAY occurred, in which over
thirty shots were fired. Casualties-one man
killed, three wounded, and two horses killed.
Several more illicit distillers have
been arrested in South Carolina and released
on bail.
A Charleston IS. o. dispatch says
that in the United States Court, in session
there, 1873 illicit distillers pleaded guilty, with
the understanding that Judgment be suspend
ed and they no more violate the law.
The three internal revenue officers
under Indictment in South Carolina for the
killing of an illicit distiller, while resisting
arrest have been surrendered to the Fedora
authorities, in obedience to the writ of habeas
corpus recently issued, and there will probably
be no more trouble about the case.
Six cowboys recently found band
of eighteen Indians on the Neuces river, il
Texas and, after sharp fight, killed four O
the redskins, captured one: and put the bal
ance to flight.
A panic prevails throughout Western
and Northern Mississippi, on account of tn
appearance of yellow fe-er at Vicksburg
Grenada and Port Hudson. Only few case
are reported at Vicksburg and Port Hudson
but at Grenada the fever is raging with un
paralleled fury.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
Satisfied to Lose.

There were five of them, says thu
Sacramento Bee, and they had assem-
bled in cigar-store near Capital Hotel
The subject was in regard to horse. rae
ing. Said the hack driver who wa
present, "Talk about your fast time
Why, I've seen horse trot mile il
$780,"
Impossible r' said the cigar-stort
proprietor. ''It can't be done The
best time [ ever heard of was 2:144."
Said the hackman, "I'll bet you SIS
can prove what 1 say
Taken by the cigar man, coin put W
and referee chosen. In drawing
voice the hackman explained to the mar
of cigars, "Don't you know, you idiot
that that / 80 is two minutes and thirty
seconds"
Turning to the stakeholder. the tobac
conist then said, "Glve him the money
it's worth SIS to know what fool I am.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
NEWS or THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

In the great international pigeon
shooting-match at London, between Capt.
Bogardus and Aubrey Coventry, the Ameri-
can champion was victorious by one bird.
A Russian magazine exploded at Ira
test, Roumania, killing number of persons
and doing great damage to property.
A Panama dispatch reports that a
virulent fever has broken out among the Amer
can laborers on the Madeira and Mamore
railroad, Brazil, and numbers of them are dy-
ing daily
On account of the hostile attitude of a
portion of the people of Bosnia and Herze-
govina the Austrians are urging the Porte to
define it's position at once and explicitly in re-
lation to these provinces.
The old disturbance between the
Dutch and the natives in Acheen has broken
out afresh. An engagement was fought lately
in which the natives suffered heavily, but they
have great staying qualities, and will be likely
to give the Hollanders much trouble before
peace is restored.
Prince Louis Napoleon, son of the
late Emperor of France, is betrothed to Prin'
cess Thyra, q daughter of the King of Den
mark. and sister of the Princess of Wales.
The Khedive of Egypt has discharged
nearly all the American officers from his army
Lew Baker, who shot Bill Poole at
New York in 1856, died recently in Paris, where
he has lived under an assumed name.
The Sultan, having recently asked the
English Government to stay the Austrian adj
vance into Bosnia beyond a certain point, II
has answered the request by positively declin.
ing to intefere.
Sentence OF death was passed upor
one of the Nihilist agitators at Odessa, Russia
and four others were condemned to hard labor
In the excitement which followed, the crowd
fred upon the troops, wounding four. The
fire was returned, and two rioters killed.
A Constantinople dispatch says The
Porte has resolved to grant very large conces
sions to Crete, such as will be calculated tt
pacify the inhabitants, but has determined t.
refuse the demands of Greece, deeming then
not justifable.
The instruction in Bosnia continues
to give the Austrians trouble. In some place
the Turkish regulars fraternize with the rebels
and materially increase the difficulty of sup
pressing the disturbance.
The Gear has telegraphed the Sultan
requesting him to order the evacuation of Ba
toum. The German representative has ais
advised the evacuation of Batoum, and tn
Porte has decided to comply with the advice
The Russian troops are being with
drawn from the vicinity of Constantinople
The Russians will also evacuate Adrianopl
within six weeks, and Erzeroum and Bayazi
will be evacuated upon the withdrawal of tn
British fleet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
A Nice Piece of Mechanism.

A very nice piece of mechanism has
just been perfected py Mr.. A. w. Hoyt,
of Fond du Lac, Wis. About two years
ago Mr.. Tucker, a toll-keeper, fell from
a load of logs, striking his elbow on
the frozen ground, injuring it SO seri-
ously that surgical operation was nee
essary, which left the arm without any
elbow-joint, and four inches shorter
than the other, but with all the muscles
and Egaments uninjured, for all prac-
tical purposes. The arm was perfectly
useless until Mr.. Hoyt manufactured a
joint, by which Mr.. Tucker was enabled
to use his arm in any direction, which
he proceeded to do the day after the
joint was fitted, by moving, sowing,
hoeing, etc. Mr.. Hoyt is particularly to
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Secretary Of War has news from
he Rio Grande that several Mexican companies
were being organized for the purpose of re-
polling raids across the river by United States
forces. Matters are regarded as becoming Sc
rious. Raiders upon this side of the river will
be followed into Mexico, though the sincere
wish of the Government is that there will be
no occasion for any future crossing by our
soldiers.
John P. Hoyt, of Michigan, has been
appointed Governor Of Idaho.
The Treasury Department has issued
the sixty-sixth call for the redemption of
IS, 900, 900 of $40 bonds, consols of 1865, the
principal and interest to be paid at the Treas
ury Nov. 7 and after.
An agent OF the Attorney Generals
Office, recently sent to investigate matters in
Utah, has returned to Washington with a
budget of information, which is expected to
force the President to remove Emory, the Gov
ernor, and some members of the Territorial
Court. The gravest charge against Emory is
that he is servilely submissive to the Mormons,
and has managed the Territorial Government
entirely in their interests.
Washington advices represent that
the relations between the United States and
Mexico are of the most pacific character, and
that no apprehensions are entertained of
trouble between the two governments
At Cabinet meeting the other day
a Washington dispatch reports-it was re-
solved that hereafter the rights of American
citizens on the Mexican border must be re-
spected, or blood will follow. The Secretary
of War was instructed to notify Gen. Ord that
his duty in the future will remain the same as
in the recent past-to pursue and punish ma
RAIDERS from Mexico, no matter where found.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue. will probably accept the pleas of guilty,
and suspend sentence upon all violators of the
revenue laws in South Carolina, whether in
dicted Or under bonds. He wishes to make a.
clean sweep Of all offenders, except Redmond.
and other leaders who have fred upon United
States officers. tt,.
The President will attend the Mime
sofa State Fair, to be held at st. Paul, Sept
2-7. tttlA 4 $50 .s5tsss.
A census has just been completed by
the District of Columbia authorities, showing
the population to be 161, 1874, an increase of
nearly $1,000 since 1870. This addition ia
chiefly colored. ad mt aasI la
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
EVERYDAY Talk Wins.

Yesterday, when the black clouds
gathered in the north and betokened the
coming Of a thunderstorm, citizen
who was coming down on Jefferson
avenue car remarked to an elderly man
beside him:
GA storm is portending."
"Hey p inquired the other.
81 say there are tokens of storm, "
continued the first.
"Hey?' was the brisk inquiry again.
Appearances indicate a storm ~
exclaimed the citizen, a trife embar-
raised.
"Hey? What did you say about in
delicate? ?" queried the other.
"There's going to be a thunder storm p
shouted the citizen, dropping his big
words all of sudden.
''Ah! Now [ understand" said the
old man" going to be thunder storm.
Well, what do you want me to do about
it ?''-Detro5t Free Press.
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The H0nhar Snake.

The gopher snake is a new discovery
at Los Angeles, Cal. It is found that
this snake is not venomous, and it lives
on young gophers. It enters the sub
lterranean burrows in quest of it's prey,
and If the old ones modest it they are
killed, but they are too big to swallow.
Hitherto farmers killed them. Here
after they may protect them as a cheap
and effective way to escape the destruc-
ton OF gophers, which rival ground
squirrels in levying contributions. The
former eat the roots, the latter the tops.
Baltimore San. sl Psi
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
Hints on Horse Keeping.

Lie Wluo StdlI Is luxury. auu OuSuG
to be six or even ten feet wide If room
can be spared. Loose boxes are import
ant for horses OF great value in such
stalls they can get perfect repose by
changing their position, recover from the
fatigue of hard days drive, and be
ready for their task the next day. The
food best adapted to the horse is oats and
hay Of the best quality, occasionally va
ried with bran mash, with turnips or
carrots as an alternative. The growth and
development of bone and muscle depend
greatly upon the food they eat. tits i'm
portant to select such as contains all the
elements needed to form the bone and
muscle of the horse. It is self-evident
that the nutritive matter supplied by the
food must be equal to the exhaustion, or
natural waste Of the body, to keep up
condition. Prof. Playfair has made some
interesting and Instructive experiments
upon the nutritious matter contained in
different kinds Of food. He has demon
strated by analysis "that in 100
pounds of oats, eleven pounds represent
the quantity of gluten wherewith flesh is
formed, and that an equal weight of hay
affords eight pounds of similarsubstance.
Both hay and oats contain about 68
per centum OF unazotized matter,
Identical with fat, of which it must be
observed that vast portion passed off
from the animal without being assimilat-
ed By this calculation it appears that
if horse consumes daily four feeds Of
oats and ten pounds of hay, the nutri-
ment which he derives will be equivalent
to about one pound eleven ounces of mus
Gle, and thirteen and one-half pounds of
superfuous matter, which, exclusive of
water, nearly approximate the exhaus-
ton Of the system, by pecspiration and
the various excavations. The horse
that is about to be driven on journey
needs hardening by exercise-preparing
by sweating out the body to purify and
increase the circulation of the blood, and
also by handwriting the legs to make
them firm and elastic-a preparation in
some degree corresponding with that at
tanned by horse that is daily driven on
the road for ordinary work. For one
week previous to the start they need
daily exercise, commencing with eight or
ten miles, and gradually increasing to
twenty per day. This exelcise, with ap-
propriate food, will harden heir muscles,
strengthen their limbs andprepare them
to perform their tasks without giving out
on the road, materially declining in flesh,
or seriously exhausting their physical
powers. IF we perform long drives, with
horses accustomed to short work only,
the medium transition from Incidence to
great exertion will relax their muscles,
weaken their joints, depreB their spirits
and break down their constitution. The
leading cause of 80 many valuable horses
being spoiled by long drives is from be-
ing short Of work. They are not pre-
pared for such severe exertons. Condi-
ton will prepare them to perform their
work cheerfully, last cut with sound
limbs, and preserve their constitutional
vigor for future usefulness. -National
L1Ve Stock Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
East.

Three men were killed in a collision
on the Vermont Central railroad, near North
field Vt, few nights ago.
w. w. Harding, of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, who was accounted very wealthy a
few years ago, has failed.
It is charged that the trustees of the
JAY Cooke estate have wasted and misappro-
priated the assets of the great bankrupt in a
reckless manner, and proceedings in equity
have been begun against the trustees
Three persons were killed and three
fatally injured by the explosion of boiler in a
steam saw mill at Shamokin, Pa, last week.
The Atlantic coast from Connecticut
northward was swept by a furious tornado on
the 9Th inst. at Wallingford, Ct, it was at
tended By distressing loss Of life and proper
tv. Ninety buildings we're leveled to the
ground, twenty persons killed. and about forty
nsoTe OF less injured. At Waterown, n. T.,
vas4 amount of property was deg
txo79d By The g0dden risiDg Of the wa
tsrz. On The Connecticut coast a vessel
was ssr1ck BIZ lightning, split in two, and
zyzak frsssag4ttY. Hundreds If buildings In the
HE d tsse storm were struck By lightning, and
Eaa1Y people killed By the electric fluid. The
6&aaags ~ farm property IL described AZ sim
r9y appalling. Barns, fences, ETC., were swept
grain leTeled TO the ground. Altogether it
rg&s the most violent and destructive visitation
Of the kind that has ever been experienced
along that coast. y .,f
The funeral of twenty-five of those
killed by the tornado in Wallingford, Ct, took
place on Sunday, the 18th inst. Ten thousand
people were present, and fully 1900 carriages.
n The Jam was immense, and the scene one of
great sadness The cemetery was surrounded
by the local company of National Guards, and
1875 special officers. The interments we're made
in fifteen graves.
West.
A severe visitation of grasshoppers is
reported in some sections of the Northwest.
+" The shoemakers of Chicago are on a
strike for an advance Of wages from 80 to
$1O.5O. .aaa
A Boise City Qdaho) dispatch says
that five men and two women were murdered
by the hostiles on Bruneau river, viz: George
Miller, heavy stock-raiser; Joshua Miller,
wife and daughter, and son; Robert McMur-
ray, and one other man. 92
A Bismarck dispatch says: "The
grasshoppers have appeared in Dakota, flying
east. They have done much damage to grow
ing crops. 1t il thought they viii reach Min
nesots, but cannot do much damage there SO
late in the season."
A fearful collision occurred on the
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and st. Louis railroad,
near Mipgo Junction, one day last week. A
train, composed Of two sleepers, one hotel car,
one baggage, two postal cars and two coaches,
the latter being occupied by emigrants, run
ming at the rate of forty miles an hour, col
lded with freight train, was in
stantly thrown from the track and
fearfully wrecked. Fifteen persons were
killed outright, .thirty-three badly wounded,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
Sign or Surrender.

A downtown resident, native to the
land which gave Bismarck birth, re-
marked to young man, supposed to be
seriously attentive to very handsome
niece: "Dot feller's vixed. He's gotum
pad. He make dot gal present ov ring
nit dose don't you.for.g et.me-it flowers
on. '--Raagssoa On. W Freeman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15

Total. sis, 995 184 Sill 089, 319
The total amount Of cigars upon which
tax was paid for the year was l, 905, 063,-
743, which number is exclusive of
165, l89, 594 cigarettes. The number Of
pounds of manufactured tobacco con-
sumed during the year was rs, 312, 1888.
This includes manufactured tobacco Of
every description not used for the man
ufacture of cigars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
MISCELLANEOUS aLEAN1Ncs.

Maj. Walsh, of the Canadian Mounted
Police, reports that Sitting Bull and his people
are destitute OF food; that the cry for an
American reservation is daily heard In their
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15
Internal Revenue.

The receipts of internal revenue for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1878,
show that the Sill, 089,a9 collected
during the year was from The following
sources, the collections from the same
sources for the preceding fiscal year
being given for the purpose Of COM
parisOn:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15

be congratulated upon his success, q
several surgeons had said it was impos
sible to make one that could be utilized
Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15

and defaced that it will be difficult ever
to rebuild them. The loss is estimated
at $3.50, 700.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-15

jill. CuO WdS WAI1Cu away OUU lCoU,
and picked up dead and almost naked
A hay stack on John Lynch's farm was
carried an eighth of a mile, and then
dropped upon the side of the hill.
All this destruction was done in much
less time than it takes to write it. With
appalling violence the wind swept up
the hill toward Main street, whirling and
eddying about, and dropping a shower
of rubbish on the tobacco fields below.
Where it touched the brow of the hill,
the district school-house stood in its
path. The edifce cost $40, 900 in 1870,
and was a fine brick building Of three
stories and Mansard roof. The wind
struck upon it's west front, pushed in the
walls of the upper stories, wrenched
hinge pieces from the wall and flung
them into the yard and then passed
ON. In an instant the building was
ruined. Two stories stand, but they
are pushed out of perpendicular SO
completely that they will never be
Strengthened. liIa Jn1 @.Ii@
Looking back from the school-house
toward the westward, about fifty feet
below. at the end of steep slope, is the
plain. covered with it's carpeting OF de-
bris. The entire work of devastation in
that direction could be seen, plain
winrow, half mile in it's widest part,
and in that dreadful lane were only two
or three houses that still chung together
at all, and these SO badly twisted, tilted
Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-01-09
The Hill City and Health.

EDITOR HERALD: Yesterday l
took stroll to the park back of
the hills. wonder If our people
know what beautiful sites for
healthful homes are lying adjacent
to this park? The gardener told me
that two new streets are to be
opened from the park leading direct
into the upper part of town. Also
that hill is to be leveled off which
will add somewhat to the already
charming view. / have no doubt
that persons coming to our town
in search of health could procure
land along these new streets. suffi-
cient for homes. The question of
water and good water, too, is EN-
sured already on the hill. In such
locations, with proper conditions,
nine out of ten invalids coming
here may recover. But never, so
long as they persist in shutting
themselves up in dark, damp
rooms, breathing nothing but inn
pure air. 1t is supreme folly to
travel thousands of miles, leave
comfortable homes and loving
friends in search Of climate to re-
ones already diseased lungs with
a mouthful or two of pure air each
day when the Creator has placed u
mile deep atmosphere all around
this globe. One stroll to the park,
with an interesting book, or ac-
companied by a pleasant friend,
inhaling the pure air through the
nose with the mouth sbuD with
the benign rays of the sun adding
lustre to the eye, and giving color
to the cheek, would be worth more,
Thousand fold, than prescription
from each of the one hundred and
one NJ. DIS in our town, even
though that prescription included
"cod liver oil" chow hate iU. Not
that we would speak disparagingly
of NJ. DIS, but nature is the great
healer and the true physician is
only an assistant, as he will readily
confess.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I have spoken
in the interes, of the race to which
l belong-that part of Tho race, es-
pscially, which / meet at the Post
office, in the street cars and on the
streets, with hollow eyes and still
more hollow cough-and likewise
that part of the race in similar
state of health, yet in cold ell
mates, who might come here and
be we'll.
do not own foot of land in
this county but speak of locations
IA they seem to one who has passed
two years in this climate, the last
of these two years in the pure air
on the hill. l do not like to say
that / came here an invalid for
that would be confessins that / Tor
my ancestors) had violated natures
laws. l am not quite willing to
call myself law-breaker, nor do |
wish to impute like crime to the
absent. One thing 1 hope, il l re-
main on the hill, | shall be SO near
heaven that I shall not be obliged
to enter by the ordinary way.
ELIJAH.
Los Angeles. Jan. Sth, 1875