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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17

VI cotton cloth the United States
orted last year 126,OOO,00o yards,
lie the amount in 1874 was but 49,
900. Employers claim that the
lings of mill operatives are higher
than in 1860, in proportion to the
of living, and mills are supplying
Is at less cost than in that year
Rough supplies cost more and cotton
same, greater skill and economy,
r improved machinery, produce
results.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17


The London Times prints, with evi-
dent astonishment, the letter of the
Rev. DR.. Nichols, of ST. Louis, describ-
ing his adventure with bears in the
Adirondacks. It will be remembered
that he was attacked by four bears on
an island only eighty feet long and
about fifty feet wide, and had only a
shotgun and six cartridges for the en-
counter. Four shots we're required for
the big bear, leaving only two shots for
the other three. With one of his re-
naming cartridges the doctor killed a
second bear, and with the other cart
ridge two bears. It is no wonder that
many persons. have read this story with
incredulity but it is due to the eternal
dignity of history to say that DIR.
Nichols veracity is beyond question.
He is the most prominent Presbyterian
clergyman in st. Louis, and has acted
as Moderator of the General Assembly,
where, perhaps, he had some experience
of bears to prepare him for his late ad-
venture. 1t may be, however, that the
two bears the good doctor killed with
one shot we've" very small ones" |
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17
he NenosIra Geltgrapr.
.ENOsHA, WIS, OCT. II, 1878.

HE United States does not enjoy
y large trade with China. That
ntry, as appears from reports Of our
lsular agents there, imported during
7 goods to the value Of $4,000,
rly half of which was opium. Great
tain sent $6O,OOO,OOO of goods; the
tied States but $1,6OO,OOO. This
s not speak we'll for the enterprise
American merchants, who ought,
ainly, to be able to compete success
y with English endeavor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17

3coRDNG to recent reports, there is
great enthusiasm in educational
5ers in Japan. There are $4,000
mon schools in the empire, with an
age attendance of 100000. There
ZIG high schools, with an average at
lance of 10000, and ninety normal
PODS, with an attendance of 5000.
course of study in the common
ools is similar to that in this coun-
and the schools, generally speaking,
Q been modelled on the American
1. The teachers number $4,000, and
licensed by the Government Board
Education.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17
CHARLES ELIAS PRESCOTT. lust

CHARLES ELIAS PRESCOTT, just con-
victed of murder in Portland, Me-, car
ried the body of Williams, his victim,
around in wagon all day, and then
buried it in the woods. He testified in
the trial that he killed his comrade in
self-defense. The two had been drink
ing deeply. They stopped and camped
by the roadside. Williams proposed a
hen-stealing excursion, and, because
Prescott refused to go, threatened him
with a revolver. Prescott took this
away and also a knife, and then struck
Williams with club and knocked him
down. The murderer says he did not
know that his friend was dead till the
next morning, and then placed the
body in his wagon, intending to take it
to Williams widow, but changed his
mind for fear of arrest, and hid it
where it was found. Prescott is Her
cules in form and strength, being nearly
seven feet tall and well developed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-10-17
fifteen years, and he had never offered
to put on her shoes, she gave him a
flashing with the rope in the presence Of
the innocent customer.

The women of Virginia seem really
in earnest in their efforts to maintain
the financial credit of the State, which
the men apparently care SO little about,
and they have formed an association
for this purpose. They do not propose
to entirely relieve their husbands and
brothers from the discharge of obliga-
lions they have incurred, but only to
assist and encourage in honorably pay
ing the State debt and it's interest.
These women are very practical, too, in
their first step, which is to ask the
Legislature to raise 100000 to 100000
more taxes annually to meet the unpro-
vided interest, by imposing the addi-
tional burden of 10 cents on every 800
OF taxable property. Petitions to this
effect are to be circulated throughout
the State, each woman who signs it
pledging herself to save this additional
sum for her male protectors by economy
and self-denial
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

The New York organs of the gold
ring-the Times, WOTtd. Herald, Sun
and Tribune, all cOvertly insinuate
that Secretary Sherman can so
manipulate and Obstruct the coinage
OF silver, that the Bland bill would
be made virtually imperative.
Doubtless, the wish is father to the
thought, though they hyI officially
advise him not to attempt to defeat
the intention of the law. Mr.. Sher-
man knows, however, that any
rehabilitation OH his part would be
met by prompt and decisive action
from Congress, enforcing coinage
ard charging its limit. Mr.. Sher>
man is too shrewd to try to breast
the storm, which he knows would
be raised about his ears by all OBJ
structive policy, and he therefore
submits to the inevitable. The
minis are in full blast on silver
VickS6MTg Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

The veto of the silver bill by Mr..
Hayes may be taken as an indica-
: ta0n that he has set himself in ops
position 10 all the financial measures
proposed by the parties who gave
that bill its chief support and that
in onlef 10 become Law, any finan-
ciai or eeufrency bill proposed by
those parties must command two
thirds vote in both branches of Con-
gress. Thus viewing the situation,
we are not hopeful of the early
passage of the bill repeating the
resumption act, or q bill substitu-
ting greenbacks or Treasury notes
for National Bank notes. But pub
lie opinion had q great deal to do
in compelling some Congressman to
support the silver bill against their
own inclination, and it may be
equally influential ih gaining sup
port for the other measures men.
toned. 1t is therefore OpportuDe
to state their, provisions and effect.
If the repeal bill passes. it will
not only arrest preparations for
resumption in January next By q
policy of contraction, but it will
snnul the requirement that for every
hundred dollars Of new National
Bank notes issned eighty dollars of
Rreenbacks shall be retired. This
will be considerable relief in itself,
for this clanse of the resumption
act, coupled with the reserve clause,
has really. been made 20 produce
contraction instead of expansion.
If the bill 10 substitute the Gov
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Hon. j. r. Chalmers, the Repre- :
sentative from the Shoestring Die
trict of Mississippi, made an able
and eloquent speech in the House.
recently, in reply to Messrs Hale
lOf Mainell and Garfield (of OhIol
who had charged the Democrats Of
Louisiana with acting treacherously
in the prosecution of the Returning
Board. The following extract il
the closing paragraph Of his speech.
It was loudly applauded by the
Northern members:
In the heat OF our struggle and liz
the storm of passion that immedir
ately followed the war, much was
said and done to embitter the feel
ings of men upon both sides but
now that the clouds OF war have
rolled away and we stand in the
calm, clear sunlight of peace, we
should study to- promote the bes'
interests OF the whole country,
without passion and without preju-
dice. A few days since we wit
messed the presentation of the pic
ture of Abraham Lincoln and his
Cabinet, taken in the act of signing
the emancipation proclamation
When we were participating in the
ceremonies it occurred to me that
it would be well tor the country
if those who venerated him for this
act of humanity to the blacks OF the
South would learn to emulate him
in his spirit of justice for the whites
of the same section. 1t d related
of Mr.. Lincoln, by AZ eye witness,
as l learn from member Of this
House, that when he visited the
battle field of Gettysburg, he was
shown the cemetery heights where
the tide of battle was turned. He
was told that here the enemy came
charging three times with great
violence and were repulsed with
difficulty, and that the troops who
held these heights should be re
membered forever. He answered:
'Ies, the troops who held these
heights will be remembered for
ever" Then, gazing down at the
steep des cent with a look peculiarly
his own. he said "That was a
steep place to charge us, and the
troops who charged three times up
those heights. Will live in history,
too, and l snail always be PROUD to
remember that they were my cOun
trymen."
Sir. Cromwell sleeps in Westmin-
ster Abbey, beside England's here
ditary kings the white and the red
roses have mingled their hues i'll
England's glory; and let us hope
that the time may come when the
blue and the gray may be blended
together as the common heritage Of
American Valor.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

ornm .nt's greenbae1Ss FOR tue Ma
tional Bank +otes should prevail, it
will enable the Government to re-
deem over three hundred millions of
dollars Of bonds, the interest on
which amounts to not less than
fifteen millions of dollars a year.
This, with little more retrenchment
in public expenditures, would enable
the Government to abolish altogeth-
er the Internal Revenue system,
which is the most expensive branch
OF the public service, costing prob
ably as much to run it as it secures
in clear te'venue to the Government,
and all coming out of the pockets OF
the people.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16
The Clock Strikes One !!

N. Y. Sun, March 4,
One year ago today Rutherford
B. Hayes took the oath of office as
President of the United States.
The fourth of March last year came
on Sunday. Mr.. Hayes took the
oath stealthily, in the evening. He
knew-for he must have known
full well that his title to the Office
was vicious hence, although it was
Sunday, he and his advisers did
not deem it safe for him to go to
sleep that night without having
taken the oath. A guilty conscience
needs no accuser, and Mr.. Hayes,
although standing on the very
Threshold of the White House,
knowing that he had no right to De
there, was fearful lest some slip
might occur before he should get
possession, AMI it was thought
prudent to take every precantiOn,
and to incur no unnecessary risk.
The day following, Monday. Mr..
Hayes repeated the oath of Office in
public, very few knowing, at the
time, that be had taken it in private
the evening previous.
One year, of the four for which
Mr.. Hayes assumed the Office, has
now passed. It Is not too much TO
say that it leaves him in position
neeer before occupied By any man
holding the Office of President of the
United States. He is, in almost
literal truth, without a party and
destitute of friends-an Object of
ridicule to Democrats and of pity
aud contempt to the Republicans
who voted for him. If National
Convention of the party winch
supported him were to be called to-
morrow to name a candidate for his
successor, it is quite safe to say he
could not obtain one solitary vote
for denomination.
The year that has just closed has
not been barren of progress toward
the unseating of Mr.. Hayes from his
Office. Mr.. Justice Strong of the
Supreme Court of the United States,
whose vote, as member of the
Electoral Commission, placed Mr..
Hayes in the Presidency, has px~
pT0SScO IH0 OpIHlOH CudL his IIGI6
rested solely OIL a technicality, and
that he was not lawfully elected.
One of the public officers who con-
cOcted the fraudulent returns in
Louisiana by which Mr.. Tilden was
cheated out of the Presidency and
Mr.. Hayes put in, has been cOnvict>
ed of forgery and sentenced to two
years in the Penitentiary.
The voice of the public press is
almost unanimous against Mr..
Hayes. Snch Republican journals
as the New York Times and the
New York Tribune represent him as
isol tied, friendless and powerless.
The verdict of the country is
apparently made up-that Hayes is
Incompetent, and that his title to
the office is vicious.
Judging from the advance which
has been made by the Opposition
to Mr.. Hayes III twelve months
time, he would be deemed bold
prophet who should predict that
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Georgia State Bonds, U.s., were
quoted in New York on wednesday,
at 107, whlfs Ascst descriptions of
United States 6S. were quoted at
1044 to 1868. The Northern cap
ftaiisGO appreciate the fact that the
strongest Democratic State in the
u Ai6H is tie surest to meet its oh
legations in good faith, even though
IL ia agSouthern State,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Not much progress has been
made By Congress in. the work OF
simplifying the system of electing
the President aud Vice President
of the United States. TIE people
expect Congress to examine this
subject and. pass the required laws
while it can be done without be
ing in the interest of either of the
political parties. The Commission
created to settle the disputed Pres
isIeHey gave satisfaction to none
except ahBee who we're benefited
by It mnasls regarded by all as only
an ,expedieHf 60 get the country
ont Of an awkward fix. 1t was
not much to the credit of our states
meO that contingency should once
arise AOt clearly provided for by
our lave, hut that there should be
2 feasibility Of a second occurrence
IRf, the same kind reflects anything
hat honor on the men who are de-
vetfag sheir time to perfecting the
laws Of the country. By all means
let ne have a provision of some kind
that will prevent another disputed
Presidency,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16
Weekly Cotton Statement.

CANTON, MISS,
Friday, March 10, 1873.
There have been two hundred
and two (202) bales of cotton re-
ceiVed this week.
j. A. TURK,
Cotton Weigher.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

SATURDAY, .MARCH Is, 1878.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Through the mercy of Russia the
Turks will retain their footlfo!d in
Europe. and may become a humane,
progressive and Industrious people
II this should be the result, the war
sill not hate been without good
effect. :. The restoration of good
FEELING between Russia and Turkey,
and the cutting off of the latter from
u reliance on England, will work
much good, not only to Turkey,
hut to all Europe.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Tha Supreme Court OF Alabama
holds that the common law rule
once prevafIihg in England, allow
ing the owner of property to set
spring guns to protect it against
treGPassefs, ia inconsistent With our
customs and institutions; that while
the owner may Use necessary force
tn prevent q trespasser from taking
property, the rule is subject to the
qualification that he must not, eX
cepC 10 extreme cases, endanger
hannah life or infi,ct great bodily
harm and If, In order to prevent
q gaFe treSpass, life Is taken with
deadly weapon, the killing is muir
Diet while, if the weapon used is
not q deadly weapon. and Is suited
rather for alarm or chastisemeDt
and there was no intent to kill, the
killing will be manSlaughter. The
owner cannot because he infiicts
iAJasiss by means Of spring guns
which cannot harm the trespasser-
without his concurring unlawful
act, lawfully infiict other or greater
harm to She persoti Of tho trespas-
ser, to deter or frighten him, than
he could if personally present
directing or doing the shooting
himself; and the principle is not
different because the trespasses are
repeated, secret and under cover of
darkness, by persons unknown to
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16
American Citizen.

CANTON. MIS- ..
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

By virtue of a decree of the Chancery
Court of Madison County, State of Missis-
s'ppi, rendered at the January Term 1879,
thereof, in the case of NJ: J. Willis ct. al,
vs.. Henry Smith ct. al, No 1873, the I'M
dersigned, commissioner of said Court will
proceed to sell at public auction before the
door of the Court House of Madison COun-
ty in said State, on
MONDAY MARCH 18th, A. D. 1873,
between the hours of IL o'clock A. NJ. and
o'clock p. NJ, to the highest bidder, for
CASH, the following described lands TO-
wit:
Nj WI Nwt. and 10 acres off Of North
end of ST WI NW4, and FL NW} less Is
acres off of south end, and WI NE4 less IS
acres off of south end, and IS acres off Of
north end of ST Ell NE4 Section ls, Town
ship 9, Range East, supposed to contain
about IT'S acres, lying in Madison county,
Mississippi. The undersigned. Commission
err of said Court, will execute deed to the
purchaser or purchasers when purchase
money therefor is paid.
E. g. JEFFREY,
Commissioner of the Chancery Court,
febl6w4t51 of Madison County, Miss.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16
AN AIT to Fix the Penalty in
Cases of RaDo

OesOCS va Ao"ROs
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the
Legislature of the State of Missis>
sippi, That from and after the pas
sage of this Act, in all cases where
any person shall be convicted of the
crime of Rape, as defined by the
laws of this State, the penalty shall
be the Ime as now provided by
law in cases of murder, and the
jury shall have the right to fix the
penalty as the jury now has bylaw
in cases of murder.
SEC. 2. Be it further enacted,
That this Act shall only apply to
offences, committed alter its passa ge
and that this Act shall take effect
and be in force from and after its
passage.
Approved, FEBRUARY Z, 1873.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

the Treatment President vii! be
per tiiig ;etf tv F,tMH his office thrt Z
years Eonger. We look for further
very damaging disclosures i'll the
near futureAthreatene confessions
already fill the aiF} while the feeling
grows daily and heurly stronger and
more Htrong THAT the man who came
into the Office of President by fraud
has been in long enough.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

The newly elected Bishop of the
Diocese OF West Virginia, the Rev.
1)r. Geo w. Peterkin, served in the
Confederate army as an artillery
officer and is a ripe scholar. He is
about thirry>fve years old and a
Nrifl0wor
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

NEW ADV ERTISEMENTS.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1878-03-16

Gold fell to I per cent, in New
York, ON the 18th inst Thas Sill
yer bill IS upseattDg t6fhgs wonder
fulIN
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30

Postmaster James, of New York,
has just completed an investigation of
the extent of sales Of postage stamps
by country pOstmasters by which the
revenues of;the post-office department
are decreased. Some of those post
masters have been detected in pur-
chasing piano-forteS. parlor organs,
sewing machines. and the innumera-
bic articles which compose the stock
usually to be found in the general
store of which the postmasters at
the crossroads offices are, ds a rule,
the proprietors, and paying for the
same IN postage stamps. for the sale"
of which. in this irregular way, they
claim (and until detected must be al
loWed) the same commissions which
they would receive account of bona
tide sales in the regular course of bus
mess. 1t is found that about 80 .000,-
900 worth of stamps have thus been
annually disposed OF in New York,
the government thereby losing nearly
l.00O,00o, by the increased pay of
country postmasters.-Pion Press.
This is nonsense. How can the
government loose by the sale of post
age stamps! The more it sells the
better for it.
This is simply an effort on the part
of the big post-otlices to monopolize
the sale of stamps.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30

Speaking OF California politics the
Pioneer Press says:
But the simple Chinese question,
owing to the failure of both political
parties to take any steps in accord
ance with their platform promises,
has become hopelesly complicated
with the extreme demands of the So
cialistic Labor party and cannot now
be detached even by those who are
willing to affect settlement favora-
BILE to the workingmen. The growth
of the new party within the last four
months is something extraordinary.
And the growth of the national par
ty is extraordinary because ''both po-
litical porties have failed to take any
steps in accordance with their plat
form PROMISES" not only upon the
Chinese but upon all other questions
vital to to the welfare of the people.
There is growing conviction that
the eastsrn wings of both parties are
under the domination of Wall street,
and that Il new party must be formed
to fight the aggressors of capital, even
as the Republican party was formed
twenty years ago to fight the aggress-
ors of slavey.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30

The experiments made by the pro-
fessOrs of the State University; under
the direction Of the corOner's jury,
in exploding flour dust from the mills,
seems to render it certain that the
destruction of the minneapolis flour
mills was duo to the combustion OF
that material. This being true and a
flour mill become as dangerous as Il
powder mill. We doubt ifeven nj
tro.glycerine could have effected such
thorough and complete destruction
of the Washburn mills as did the
flour dust. Not one stone Of the
whole splendid structure was left up
on another; and some Of the victims
seem to have been literally blown to
atoms
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-05-30
The growth of the National party

The growth of the National party
in Pennsylvania passes all precedent.
Howard Carroll, the well-known
correspondent of the New York
Times, is in Philadelphia, and he
writes that the managers of both of
the old political parties, not only in
Pennsylvania but in Washington,
''Will watch the doings of the Phila-
delphia meeting with an interest
which is sharpened by the knowledge
that its action of other kindred bodies
may largely affect the future politics
of the nation. Quietly. but with al
most marvellous lapidity, the Labor
Reformers and Greenbackers, who con.
stitute the main strength of the
National party in Pennsylvania as in
other States, have grown in numbers
and in influence. From a little be-
ginning in the mining and manufac-
turing regions they have in two or
three years spread their organization
all over the State, and at the last
election surprised even the shrewdest
and most far-sighted politicians by
casting nearly $1,000 votes. Embol-
dened by this result they have gone
on quietly but persistently as before.
During the year the organization has
been perfected in all sections of the
State. County townships and ward
clubs have been formed, until it is
now claimed by the men who are at
the head of the National movement,
that they have at least l5O, 900 votes
behind them. If they have this
strength, and after consultations with
some of the ablest Democratic and
Republican leaders in the State, am
inclined to believed that they do not
overestimate their forces. there can
be no doubt that they can at least
hold the balance of power in the next
Legislature, and dictate who shall be
sent to the United States Senate in
place of Mr.. Cameron"
We call upon all friends of the
Greenback or National party in Min
nesota to organize for determined
and vigorous campaign this fall. Why
should we be SO far behind Maine.
Pennsylvania, Michigan, Indiana,
Iowa. and other Statesi