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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
How Trottlng is Cultivated.

At last the crown has been snatched
from Goldsmith Maid; she is no longer
the Queen of the Turf, and Rarus reigns
in her stead. The unparall eled feat of
trotting mile in 2:139 well illustrates
the development Of the trotting horse in
America within the present generation.
Old horsemen remember the excitement
when Flora Temple trotted mile in
2:19a, beating the best time made up to
that season. For years this record re-
NAMED unchallenged, until the great
mare, Lady Thorn, in her older days,
made the time quarter of second less.
Then came Dexter and American Girl,
each of whom held the front place but
for short time. Goldsmith Maid won
the title by beating 2:l6s, which had
been made by American Girl, and, not
content with that, she went on, trotting
faster and faster, until, matched against
her own time of 2:142, she made mile
in ola. For four years this time has
stood the best on record, but the tables
must now be revised. There are now at
least half dozen horses that can trot
fast enough to beat any OF Goldsmith
Maids predecessors. = Phat0delphaG
North american.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

Mr.. HENRY M. STANLEY recently gave
dinner to Col. Thomas M. Knox, at
Paris, at which score of journalists
and literary men were present. At their
request Stanley gave a minute and
thrilling account Of the relief of his
starving expedition at the mouth of the
Congo. This recital, which was given
in the simplest and most modest man.
ner, occupied two hours, was listened to
with breathless attention throughout,
and at the close there was not dry eye
in the room. It's eloquence was it's
simple truth, and one who was present
says that it was the most interesting and
pathetic narrative he had ever heard.
Surely man who can hold for two
whole hours company of journalists
and authors, many of whom had travelled
far and wide, and had moving and peril
GUS experiences themselves, must have
something extraordinary to relate, and
must be possessed of the gift of true
eloquence.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
CHE NenosIra Telegraph
KENOsHA, WIS, AUGUST %, 1873

THE strife in the Church of England
is invested with renewed interest by the
sweeping decision Of the Court of
Queens Bench in favor OF the Rev. Mr..
Mackonochie, who is henceforth released
from the suspension imposed on him for
s'ritualisn' by the Court of Arches. In
its scope, the judgment is almost revo-
lutionary, since it openly conflicts with
q decision of the Privy Council that the
lower court was competent to pass the
sentence which has been set aside.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

The first Chinaman who came to
America, according to the San Francisco
Chronicle, was Chum Ming, in 1S47.
He was native merchant of Mai Sang,
a province of Canton, intelligent and
enterprising. He went into the mount
aims, and, finding gold, wrote to a
friend, Cheong Yum, in 1S48, about the
new country. Cheong Yum immediate
ly came to the Pacific slope, but, before
doing SO, told number Of his country
men of the discovery of gold in America.
It was then that the Cinnamon began to
flock to the Pacific coast. There were
at the time no steamers to bring them,
so they came in sailing vessels. In
l849 the Argonauts began to arrive
from the East, and at that time the
Chinese influx was mere drop in the
bucket. Within the next four years the
arrivals Of Mongolians became more fire.
quent and in larger proportions, so that
in 1852 there were 1000 on the coast,
1900 of whom lived in San Francisco.
As soon as the tide of Chinese emigra-
ton had set in toward California, the
Yeoung Wo and the Kong Chow, the first
two of the present Six Companies, be-
gan the business Of aiding the ship
roartc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
Baby Carriages and Baby-KiIlers.

The time has come for the inevitable
baby carriage. A generation ago these
things were little more than baskets
screwed on to axles without springs.
Then came a protest, originally from
physicians, against trundling the little
ones on the pavement in vans which
would rack the bones and addle the
brains of the toughest man. Out Of this
discussion the modern baby carriage was
evolved, and, as at first constructed, was
provided with real springs, and, if used
with ordinary care, did not endanger
life. Gradually the springs have given
way to rigid strips of iron, initiating
springs, leaving the carriage as unfitand
dangerous as wheelbarrow for the del
icate mission of transporting an infant
over rough crossings and along the aver
age sidewalk. The baby's tissues will
not bear much jolting. It's brain is
gelatinous, and even it's bones are soft.
Nature has made it's bed in the mothers
arms and on the mothers breast. To
change this for springless cart is al
most murder. Let any man or woman
try riding short distance on the smooth
est road, in a wagon without springs.
The jar will be found fatiguipg and soon
become painful. The intervention of a
cushion or pillow does not ease it
much. If any parent wishes to get a
baby carriage for a child whose life is
worth insuring, let him OF her buy none
in which the body pressed by the hand
does not rise and fall easily on the
springs. - Providence Journal.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
The circulation of almanacs bel

The circulation of almanacs being
limited in Texas, the negroes in the
path of the eclipse did not know what
was to happen, and were overcome with
fright. On Senator Coke's plantation,
near Waco, they fell on their knees in
the fields, and exclaimed that the day of
judgment had come. In Buchanan,
where the eclipse began, Ephraim Miller
ran into his hut, split his sons head
open with Ratchet, assembled by a lad
der to the roof, and cut his throat from
ear to ear. His wife at the same mo-
ment ran out into the fields to hear Ca
briefs trumpet, and screamed. "Come,
sweet chariot p
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
ALTHOUGH the Russian Mennonites al

ALTHOUGH the Russian Mennonites at
home are now exempt from military duty
there, in 1880 they will be liable to
serve. Accordingly strong emigration
to this country has set in. There are
now more than 100000 of this curious
sect in the United States, distributed
through perhaps dozen States. They
are people of thrift and energy, and by
their good conduct commend themselves
to those among whom they live. Their
religious beliefs approach more nearly
to those of the Quakers than any others.
They refuse the Old Testament, and
deny there is any original sin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

LINCOLN, New Mexico, must be a
pleasant place as summer resort The
Cimarron NeaUs and Press of Aug. 1
reports that one Peppin, who was ille-
gally appointed Sheriff, summoned a
posse of roughs and renegades and pro-
ceeded to arrest one McSween, who had
opposed him politically. McSween,
with some of his friends, took refuge in
his house. Peppin and his gang there
upon surrounded the house and COM
menced firing upon it. In the mean
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

time, McSween was notified by the SOL
diers stationed there that If he fred in
their direction they would batter down
the house with cannon. AS he could
not fire at Peppin's party without firing
in their direction, he could not fire at
all. After Peppin's gang had blazed
away for some time without effect, they
set fire to the house. Those who came
out were shot, and McSween was burned
to death, which left Peppin victorious.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22
SOUTHERN TACTICS.
The Democrats of South Carolina AdvO-
cate the Shotgun Policy.

AuVO-
cate the Shotgun Policy.
Washington Telegram to Chicago Journal]
South Carolina Republicans write here
that the Democrats have determined to
inaugurate another shotgun campaign,
and by intimidation prevent the colored
voters from turning out in the strong
Republican counties. The Democrats
no longer fear the interference of United
States troops, and are very bitter against
the Republicans for not indorsing Gov.
Hampton at the late State Convention.
The policy to be pursued is laid down in
the last issue of the Charleston NeaUs
and Courier, received here as follows
GAS they (the Republicans have
chosen to insult Gov. Hampton by de-
nouncing him as usurper, and to in
suit the Democracy by charging them
with carrying the last election by fraud
and force, and with violating their solemn
pledges, no middle ground can be taken.
The Democracy must assume the ofeaa-
s5ve at once, and give the chief k,a0ves
no quarter. 1t is HkeVise the 6utv of
the Democrats to go to the Radical
meetings and insist on being heard. for
unless this be done the masses of the
colored people will remain at the mercy
of the INSCRIPTIONS demagogues who
have their ear. The Democrats must
divide the time and pursue to the bitter
end IN the courts eeery Radical eoaU
asaader charges Vho has joined IN
sla,adering the Democracy and opposes
their candidates. In these signs alone,
by vigor, 0ggressive'aess, oNd0city, and
@acessaat work, shall the Democracy
once more conquer. ts
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

Ar a Texas ball large number of
married women who had brought their
babies found it impossible to dance I'M
less some Of the young men became
nurses. The young men took the ba-
bies into another room, and changed
their clothes, SO that when the mothers
reached home that night there was con-
steInat.on over the interchanges.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-08-22

HAIL insurance companies have good
many losses to adjust this season.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
COMM ERCIAL.

There was not much change in the local
merchandise markets to-day, trade cOntinu-
ing fair and values steady. The wheat market
was lower, dull and weak. No. red was freely
offered at sac spot and sc August-94c bid.
Values are necessarily unsettled by the uncer-
tainty of freigh's, an advance of &c
being reported to-day, but not yet estab-
lished. In fact, ii provokes considerable
wTangling and takes an indefinite time nOw-a-
days before dealers will ratify an advance, and
they don't always do it then. In the mean
tune, there is more or less speculation on the
uncertainty, but the probabilities now point
t Temunerative RATES for railroads at an early
day. The market for corn is dull and values
unsettled, owing to the disturbance in freights.
Dealers having orders in hand were bidding
about Saturdays prices for spot corn, but de-
Daand Is light Two cars Of yellow sold at SS1zc,
and one car mixed at BIC. White is easier and
duh. Oats are in good supply and freely offered
at Saturdays prices. Flour was steady and in
moderate demand. Provisions were still strong
and prices were shaded higher. Country pro-
duee was quiet with a dull market for butter
and fair demand for eggs.
The following were the receipts and ship
ments of leading articles during the preceding
twenty -four hours, as reported to the board of
trade:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
Death of General Lanes Son.

lSalem (Oregon) Mercury, July 80.
On Monday last at about noon Nat H.
Lane died at his residence In East Portland.
He had been ill for some months but it was
thought by his friends until few days be-
fore his death that his ultimate recovery was
probable. On the Sunday before his death
he was stricken with paralysis, and it was
soon evident that hope was vain and his end
near. He fingered in much pain for about
80 hours and then his spirit forsook its earth.
ly tenement. Mr.. Lane was a well known
and influential citizen of this state, q
son of General Joseph Lane, and he had
been. resident of Oregon since 1S4S He
was an upright, honorable gentleman at all
times, and had the respect and esteem of all
with whom he came in contact. He leaves
bereaved family and a large circle OF
friends who will mourn his demise and long
remember his many good qualities and hon
orable character. The board of trustees OF
East Portland, of which he was a member,
passed resolutions of coincidence with hi:
family and attesting his worth as a citizen,
and attended his funeral in a body. He was
buried on Wednesday last
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
Cost Of Diamond Digging.


Diamond digging is expensive. We will
take, for example, the average digger. who
owns a quarter of claim and works his own
ground. He can take his choice, according
TO locality, of paving from 81 900 to $4,000
for his quarter claim. e., seven and one
half feet by thirty zone feet 1t pays best to
buy high priced ground. His outfit of dig
ging tools, washing machine. etc. will cost
say 81 900. His gang of twenty Kaffirs will
cost him So each. per week, or $780, One
overseer besides himself, $25 per week.
Meat and tobacco for Kaffirs SIS per week
extra Then expenses of cartiDg and taxes
will make his total outlay at the least 5000
per week, or over $4,000 a year. exclusive
oil his own expenses of living. If one can
not spend $500 per month believe II is of
no use to go to Kimberley to dig for dia-
monds. To offset this expense is of course
good luck In finding" and from the verv
beginning OF operations the digger often not
only clears expenses, but makes a handsome
profit There is no doubt that diamond dig
ging pays two-thirds of those who engage in
1t well. The fortunes made. as rule, are
small and numerous. Rarely has any one
cleared $4,000 from any one claim. Sue
cess seems to be very evenly distributed, and
chiefly attainable by those who can begin
with, say from S., 900 to S., 900
The amount of money paid for Kaffir Ia
Dor alone is enormous. For instance there
are thousand wheels; allowing five Kaffirs
to each, we have 5000 laborers daily at the
mine. These, at S. each per week, are paid
S25, 900. or 500, 900 per month, or 81 ,2O0. 900
per year, and this for s., 900 Kaffirs only.
The assessment OF the Kimberly mine for
the year 1877. simply for the purpose OF dis.
tribution of rates or taxes was S. ISL 500 or
about 81 900, 900, if we add third to bring
the first amount up to selling prices. 1t ap
parently never occurs to the digger to in
quire into the unstable nature of the whole
Kimberly fabric. Immense sums of money
are invested in and around the mine, and
owners of town lots, of houses, of public
buildings and of claims, have settled into
the calmest feeling of security. But no fear
disturbs the digger of Kimberly. His belief
In the immortality of the mine is supreme.
But there are influences at work which are
crowding the small capitalists from the
fields. The increasing depth, crumbling
reef, inflowing water, are fast multiplying
the expenses of working. The great bugbear
OF the digger is the word company" but
even now small proprietorships are becom-
ing merged in large aggregations of claims,
and the next phase of mining operations
must undoubtedly be that of several large
and competing companies, or perhaps a
single one controlling the whole mine. Then
the individual romance of diamond hunting
will be over But there is no danger that
the diamond will ever become COM
mon. Nature has placedit In lands difficult
of access, AID it is likely to nam a val
gem, surrounded with the seclusiOn of royal
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21

Sheep-Receipts 700 head, making q 800
head for the week, against 2s,l00 for last week.
The market is fairly firm for good stock, but
weak for common. We quote sheep at SaI5Ec
per ID, and lambs at from &c to &c. Exports
Swine-Receipts $500 head, making 26.7OO
head for the week, against Il, 500 head for last
week. We quote fair Ohio hogs at 81 As per
cwt; good do at 81 5O@4 go.
East Liberty Live Stock Market.
EAST LIBERTY, Aug. l9-Cattle-Receipts
since Friday Los head of through and 957 head
Of local as stSSeR total for the week ending this
local stock, against $40 head of through and
800 head of local stock last week. Very little
business to-day; only II loads sold, all for local
trade has been unusually lights prices are
however, off certainly l5c from last week.
- Hogs-Receipts 1880 head; total for the week
Grassers s. 75@4; Workers 81 l594 40; Phila-
delphias 81 8Og5 10.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; total for the
week z 500 head, against IL 800 head last week.
Selling slow at about last weeks prices, with
prospects not good.
Boston Market.
BOSTON, Aug. 19.-F1our-Steady and IN good
demand; supers SOS 50; extras 81 25@l rs;
Michigan SOS rs; Illinois s5ss Is; st. Louis
8 5o@6 50; patent Wisconsin and Minnesota
Corn-steady and firm; mixed and yellow
5iH@56c; choice extra yellow 57@5Sc; steamer
Oats-No and extra white SS@42c; No white
369361<c; No white 34G341Sc: mixed 33G36c
Receipts-F1our 1890 bb1s; corn $4,000 bu |;
wheat 1900 bu; oats 1900.
Shipments-Flo 1900 Dbls; corn $40 blu;
wheat 25 900 bu.
New York Dry Goods Market.
NEW YORK, Aug l9.-Business is fair with
package hsuses, and the jObblng trade is a tri.
fie more active. Cotton goods are firm, and
Atlantic brown sheetings advanced &c. Prints
are in fair demand and firm. Ginghams and
cotton dress goods are fairly active. Mems
wear woolens quiet. Foreign goods in fair
demand.
Pfttsburg Petroleum Market.
PITTsBURG, Aug. 10. - Petroleum-Market
dull; crude 81 2l75 at Parker's for immediate
shipment; refined 105sc, Philadelphia delivery
Wilmington Market.
WILMINGTON, Aug. l9.-Spirits Turpentine-
Steady at 251zc.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
Indianapolis Live stock Market.


Hogs-Receipts 1850 head; shipments, lSl
head. The market this morning was active
for the few good hogs offered, but the supply
was not large enough to I'LL the wants of either
shippers or city packers There is a strong de-
mand for the better grades sor shipping, also
strong local want, but the quality Is gener-
ally very poor, and shippers of poor hogs find
little or no demand for their product at any
price. The range of difference between good
and poor stock Is very wide. We quote good
to choice hogs, 81 2OC94 80, but good straight
lots of smooth hogs fit for shipping would
readily bring 81 1904 As; common to fair, $40
4 TO- graSsers ana stockers, 81 5O13 50.
Cattle-Receipts, 653 head; shipments, l35
head. The market was very active, especially
for the home butchers trade, and there was
strong demand for good shipping cattle. The
prospect is fair for good cattle trade for the
remainder of the week. Pr me shi TOPPING
steers weighing from l 300 to l 500 lbs, 81 25a
o.; good steers weighing from 100 to 200
lbs, s. 75t94 Is; good to prime butchers heifers
and steers, So 5OG4; medium butchers cows
and heifers, So a3 AZ; bulls and common COWS,
81 5092 IS.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
FINANCIAL.

MONDAY EVENING, Aug. ~. !
There was title animation in the local money
market to-day. There was moderate move
ment in the discount branch. and rates of in
terest continue at S@l0 per cent.
New YORK Financial Matters.
NEW YORK, Aug. 19.-Money-Market easy
al Ia2 per cent.
Prime mercantile paper-Sa3% per cent.
Custom ReceiptS-S36l 900.
The assistant treasurer dtsDurBed Sl63,OOO-
Cleartngs-N.20O00
Sterling-60 days 49,; sight 4SS1Z9iSSN.
Gold-Opened and closed at 1905, with a few
sales in the interim at 1907.
Carryi og Rates. per cent.
Borrowing Rates-l12@2 per cent and fiat.
Recommendations.
Railroad Bonds-Strong.
State BOndS-Quiet.
The share speculation was strong in late
dealings and the tendency OF the market was
upward. The reaction which followed the
morning advance was nearly all recovered,
and in some cases the highest prices of the day
were made In the final sales. Closing quota
tons showed an improvement from q TO "a
per cent for the day. There was some large
and strong buying for bull account. notice
able feature of the buying to-day was increased
orders from the west The continued improve
ment is partly due to the better outlook of the
general situation, notably activity in the fall
trade and improved crop accounts from the
west. II was rumored on the street that grain
freights would be advanced at the Saratoga
conference.
Transactions aggregated $4,000 shares of
which 500 were Erie 81 900 Lake Shore, H.
OO1 North western common, 1900 preferred,
Union Pacific, 10000 Lackawanna, 1880 Mich
loan Capfrol and y 4a0 Pacific Mail
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-08-21
| Receipts Shipm Is
INDIANAPOLIS MARKETS.
Breadsfuns.

FLoUR-We quote: New wheat fOur-New
process, s. S96 IS; fancy, 81 5O96; family,
81 5U(95; low grades, 81 50G3.
WHEAr-We quote: No 2 amber CSC; No2 red
Ole; No red 9OG9lc; rejected, So990c; unmer-
charitable, S4QS7c: August, 9ic bid; Septem-
Der 93%@95c. Sales: cars No 2 red 94c; cars
CoRN-Wes quote: White, No 2, 4I1<c bid;
white, No 3, sSgS9c bid; yellow, SS9S9c; high
35GS7c: no grade, 26as2c
OATs-We quote: No 2 white, 2lA922c;
mixed, 2l92l15c spot, 2lc August. Sale car
No ? White 22c; cars No White pc; car
RYE-No 2 in active demand; receipts light:
sic bid, SIC asked; 45c bid for rejected.
at sl2
BIJTTER-Is dull and rather difficult to SELL
pnIess il is extra choice fresh suited to the
city trade. Demand is light, and anything
little off in flavor is drug on the market. We
quote choice fresh, good color, from store, l39
I4c; prime country, l0al2c; inferior, 546c
Shippers are paying S9lOe for good choice
FSTGs-Receipts light and demand good. We
quote strictly fresh selling from store ct lO@llc
per dozen.
10; live ducks, young 81 25 old 81 IS per doz live
fowls, hens 81 % per doz ROSTERS, 81 co per doz
shippers are paying Sl9l % tor the very best
young chickens; geese, full feathered, So so per
doz.
FEArHERs-We quote prime live geese at
s0c; mixed. geese and duck, D92oc; old feath
TALkow-Prime country brings SIC in small
RAGs-Cotton mixed &c per Id; wool &c per
DRIED FRUTrs-DuIl and nominal.
BEANs-Navy held at sI9l Is per bu; me-
Vegetables and Fruits.
Quotations on fruits and vegetables represent
the selling prices from store:
GRAPES-Are in large supply, and dealers
are unable to dispose promptly of all receipts;
a good many are carried over from day to day.
Ives Seeding are held at S292 so per stand
for choice fresh picked, and 81 5OG2 for lots
held over or little old; Concords will bring
s. 5044 per stand, according to quality and
condition.
PEARs-Are In good demand; choice will
bring sI9l go per bushei box; selected Barlett's
ga 30 per bushel.
firm, with a good demand for desirable lots.
We quote choice 6J97Oc per Is bu box: peck
baskets, choice, 5Oc.
PIUH5-Are in good supply, and sell readily
at quotations We quote large blue 81 5o@5 per
sand; green gage SZl9Z % per ousneli Dam
sons s513 30 per stand
APPLEs-COmmOn are in large supply from
wagon, with very little demand nom store.
Mmaiden's blush are scarce and wanted by re-
tailers: choice will bring S292 % per Dbl, put
up in attractive shape. We quote common TO
fair, loose, 75caSl per bbl-
PoTAToEs-Dull. Demand wholly supplied
FROM wagons at 3Oc per bushel.
SWEET PorAToEs-ScaTce; Bermudas 50 5O94;
yellow 81 5Ofs5 per Dbl.
ToMAToEs-Extra nnefresh sell from wagon
at 30950c per bu.
CABBAGE-Searce. We quote: 75c per Dbl,
loose from wagons; 81 for choice In shipping
order. c, - =.
'IW7xTERnEIONs-selli at s89l2 per hun
dred according to quality and size'