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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31

Gov. Reed, the very man he had traJed
so far to challenge to deadly combat,Tn
an instant he was ablaze with exc
ment, and rising, exclaimed "
have murdered my brother, sir, and n
DO you presume to insult me? Dv
and defend yourself, sir' AS quicE
thought Reed drew q six-barreled pi
and fired, tearing away Alston's Il
finger, just as the latter poured bro Z
side into him from horseman's pis
lodging ball in his side. The fire '
repeated, each man receiving an otherb
let. Col. Aston was then out of ammu
ton, having only two horseman's pistol
Throwing back his long cloak, howevt
he drew his bowie and closed with b
antagonist. In q few scathiag strok,
Gov. Reed was cut TO the floor, and h
opponent sank in fainting fit. It wa
IN that melee that that bullet-hole wa
made up there.
"Ihe two men were taken to then
beds, and for several weeks were con
fined TO their rooms. Col. Aston was
the first to recover. He was very much
emblttered by the contest that had taken
place, and said that he intended to kill
Gov. Reed on sight. A few days after
ward he net Gov. Reed on the street.
de went home and loaded double-b bar
relied shotgun, putting in one of the bar
rels, 1t is said, the bullet that his sister
had nodded with the lead taken from his
| brothers. dead body. Seeking Reed
again, he fired at him on sight. tearing
away his shoulder with the first barrel.
and Kidding his heart with the second.
This recounter created the intensest ex-
element and led to some legal proceed
ing against Col Aston, which. however.
did not result in anything. Col. Aston
shortly after this went to Texas. He had
been there but short time when he
heard that DR.. John Mcneil Stewart, a
man of prominence in Brazoria, had
commented disparagingly upon his affair
with Gov. Reed. Meeting DR.. Stewart
upon the prairie few days after this re-
port had come to his ears, he handed
him a letter containing the offensive lam
guage and asked him If he was RESPONSE
BILE for it. Pending their discussion of the
matter at issue they fell upon each other
with great fury. 1t appears that DR..
Stewart was armed with pair of Colts
pistols and Col. Aston with a bowie
knife and shotgun. When found by
their friends Aston was lying at the root
Of large tree, with four bullet-holes
through his body; Stewart was lying
near by, with two loads of buckshot in
his heart, stark and stiff Col. Aston
was SO badly wounded that he could on
~ be carried in blanket, slung ham
mock-wise between two men. AS he
was being borne into the town in this
manner his friends were met by COM
pany of armed men, who fred a hundred
shots into the blanket, killing Col. Ais
ton instantly"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
Singular Fratricife.

A young man named Prather, of Bos-
ton, Chatauqua county, Kan, killed his
Oldest brother under peculiar circum-
stances. The younger brother started
on a hunt, followed by a dog, when the
older one called the animal back, Upon
this the younger one returned to the
house and said he had notion to shoot
the dog, whereupon the elder replied
that if he wanted to shoot any one he
had better shoot him. Young Prather
then, without ceremony, drew a pistol
and fred, killing his older brother in
stantly. The murderer escaped.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
MASTER JOHNNYs NEXT-DOOR NEIGH
BOR.
BY BRET HARTE.

IL was spring the first time that saw her, for her
papa and mamma moved In
Next door, just skating was over, and marbles
about to begin.
Yzor tIle fence in our backyard was broken and
cav as peeped through the slat,
4saere were Johnny Jump ups all around her, and
knew 1t was spring just by that.
~T never knew whether she saw me-for she didn't
say nothing TO me,
But Ma here's slat in the fence broke, and the
boy that is next door can see.'
But the next day climbed on our wood-shed, as
you know mamma says I've right,
And she calls out, Well, peekin'is manners and
answered her, Sass is perhte!
"But wasn't bit mad, no, papa, and to prove it,
the very next day,
When she ran past our fence in the morning hap
pened to get in her way.
For YOU know am chunked' and clumsy, as she
says are al boys of my size.
And she nearly upset me, she did, pa, and laughed
till tears came IN her eyes.
oAnd then we were friends from that moment, fol
knew that she told Kitty Sage,
And she wasn't girl that would datter, that she
thought was tall for my age
And gave her four apples that evening, and tool
her to ride ON my sled,
And What am telling you this for?' Why
papa, my neighbor is dead
"You don't hear one-half am saying--I really dc
think it's too badi te
Why, you might have seen Grape on her door-knob
and noticed to-day I've been sad.
And they've got her coffin of rosewood, and they
ray they have dressed her in white,
And I've never once looked through the fence, pa
eiIlce she died-at eleven last night.
"And ma says it's decent and proper, as was hel
neighbor and friend, onxFr .f..
That I should go there to the funeral, and sht
thinks that yOu ought to attend;
But am so clumsy and awkward, know shall
be in the way, 9i
And suppose they should speak to me, papa,
wouldn't know just what to say.
$50 think will get up quite early know
sleep late, but know s tA. Jf e..
TIA be sure to wake up if our Bridget pulls thu
string that I'll tie to my toe,
And I'll crawl through the fence and I'll gather thu
~-@ Johnny Jump-ups' as thy grew
Round her feet the first day that I saw her. and
papa, I'll give them to you.
"For you're big man, and you know, pa Cal
come and go just whore you choose.
And you'll take the flowers in to her, and surei,
they'll never refuse .t 3S n
bit, papa, don't sag they're from Johnny. Thea
won't understand, don't you see?
But just lay them down on her bosom, and, papa
6he'U know they're from me-"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
An Extraordinary Range for Climates.

The Government astronomer OF New
South Wales says that within it's limits
may be found all climates, from the cold
OF Kiandra, where the thermometer some
timesfalls to eightdegrees below zero, and
eight feet of snow sometimes fall in a
month, to the more than tropical heat of
the inland plains, where frost is never
seen, and the thermometer in summer
often, for days together, reads from 100
deg. to 116 deg, and sometimes in hot
weather reaches $50 deg, and where the
average rainfall is only twelve to thirteen
inches, and sometimes nothing for a
whole wear.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
Female DueIiSts.

Two colored women attended divine
service at Algiers, La, and on the way
home quarreled about certain young
mulatto. The result was they deter
mined upon having q duel then and
there. The weapons chosen were
knives. A ring was formed by their
friends, and they went nobly at the
work of carving each other. Not until
one had stabbed her antagonist five times
did their friends interfere and declare
her honor fully vindioated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31

ing, sat at his third-story window, and
played "The Last Link is Broken, +" on
the basaoon in polka time, with acceler-
ated passages where the compass Of the
instrument gave out
Thus may innocence cast its halo
around too trusting human nature.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31
New Process for Tanning Leather.

Professor Knapp, of Brunswick, Ger
many, has lately called attention to the
very great value Of new process for
tanning leather by means Of the salts of
iron, the principal material being pre-
pared by adding enough nitric acid to a
boiling solution of iron vitriol to pro-
duce a complete oxidation of the salt.
After the development of the gas is COM
plete an additional quantity of iron
vitriol is added to the solution now hold
ing the iron in the form of an oxide.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31

Mr.. J. P. BENJAMIN, while recently
trying cause in London, began an ar
gument with the emphatic adjuration,
I'm the name of Heaven r The Judge
instantly stopped him, saying, very
quietly, g. do not see that Heaven has
much to do in this case, Mr.. Benjamin !;
the proper appeal is to the Appellate
Court.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-31

Lieut.. Alston's second. The prin-
cipals were posted with their backs to
each other. AS the word wheel was
called it is claimed that Aston slipped
and stumbled. The command, Fire
one-two three Z followed almost i'm
mediately, and before ne could recover
his gun went off in the air. Gov.
Reed took cool aim, fred promptly at
the word, and Lieut.. Aston dropped
dead. Thus two gallent young fellows
had already fallen in defense of the hon
Or of an absent comrade. But the cruel
feud was hardly opened. Col. Willis
Aston, then living in Louisiana, heard
Of his brothers death, and became i'm
pressed with the idea that he had not
been fairly killed. He claimed that
Gov. Reed should have withheld his
fire when he saw his brothers gun
spring aimless toward the sky. Indeed,
it is said that a sister Of Lieut..
Aston had the lead taken from her
brothers body and new bullet nodded,
which rrshe sent to Col. Willis
Aston, and demanded that he should
come and avenge their brothers death.
Col. Aston came as fast as possible to
this hotel. Gov. Brown met him as he
rode up to the piazza, and at once di-
vined his purpose. you have come
here to challenge Reed 2 he asked. Col.
Aston assented. Gov. Brown then
begged him to be very deliberate and
cool and quiet about it. On the very
night he got here, he was sitting near
the fireplace yonder, with a large cloak
around him, and his head bowed upon
his hand. He had been sitting there
only few moments when some one
brushed past him rather roughly. Rails
ing his head he discovered that it was
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DIED.

coil aged 90 wears
nEALD-At u,orsetown Nc, oct Is, Mrs Margaret
HeAld aged ~ years
III Nr-ln New orleans Oct 81 Horace II Hunt
AGED 80 years aud 10 months. o the Hon Horace
Hunt and Is. X farmclee. native of the state 81 New
YORK. and resident VI New orleans for te past three
years
LOrGHRAN -Sudd,nly. at her residence. 2ie 18th It
Jersey NY Jane rclict Of John Lou-hran, IN the 62i
wear Of her
Notice 81 funeral hereafter
MrpERNpir In San Francisco. cal. Oct 10. james
Francis Ne Dcrmutt native of Jcrsy city, j.. aged
years ann month.
MEENY oct - Miss Jenny l. M.cny. beloved and
only dar-hte OF Mr. Lucy NcenN
Relatives ami friends respectfully invited 90 attend
the funeral On sunla, oct ~ at T. NJ from her late
residence ~ West abth t
rokKEN In Boston. Mass. oct - samuel TOrrcy,
aged ~ wears.
WARD ON oct IS. Francis Ward.
Hts funeral will take place SUNDAY tho 27th from
Tie residence 90 his sister Lu., Ward - .il
BrooAlyn % halt past2P
WAINWRIGHT ON %. .itl inst Ehzabcfh. vic Of
joscth Wainwright ~ the san wear oi Irr axe
Re .avts amt friends ~ tlH family respectfully
Bedford = un SUNDAY. -9il. int. ~ I. u .Intk.
WHITNEY, I'm Hos u Mass. sutdDuN. oct - ten
James : Nhifurr 81 and MONTH. ui. CuuIfu.
stoned ~ Br.aier t'r neral of minut u iSA H. was
member of the ~'nHr which nr.t elected Charles sum.
90 the United states SENATE. nud also ulucr of
the convent. winch nominated Pre- sid,nt Pierce. llr
Collector of Boston in l-'a mcurr 90 On, charlie.
nominated Br,cknnd-e lie presided over the recent
Convention in tau,ui Hat
MnuiilA. Al o-dcushurs. y oct 10. Mr. Han
nah NNullrN. aged geo years. a native Of Vermont
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Fr-iANCIAL AND COMMERCT.iL.

FRIDAY. Oct. 25-P. M.-The general spec
ulation at the Stock Exchange was quiet. and
with the exception Of Delaware. La.kawaana
and Western Lake Shore and Western Union
the volume of business was not important
Delaware. Lackawanna and Western WAS
the chief feature Of the morning trade. and adj
vancci from is'4 to 80. with a further recovery
To 81, nj the close Delaware and Hudson was
also . y cent better at 49,. and New Jersey
Central after opening at 20 e reached % in the
final trade. The improvement in the coal
shares was due TO a report that all differences
between tine Lehigh Valley Company and the
combination had been settled. The Northwest
"rn stocks were weak until the afternoon, the
common declining from io's 20 39'a md tho
preferred from II To 7O's. but they each subse-
qucnuy advanced y T. cent Lake Shore de-
velop"d q heavy tone before midday at Gs "a
bach to ga There were NO cyidenccs Of a movement IN
THIS latter stock until Hhout2r NJ. when the same com
again set IN motion ,' tactics and alarmed The bears
mat iirl ra,h.l L. i2co,er IT, UPWARD Turn was not
prs to- RON sn, 5nd bears AM ihe ad,anee VA, 80
ulrI,o"l Wa llnn J.. ~ CONCENTRATION ha,uE fnr MS
o1rc' mo increase ~ the capital sck To tilptwn u-
o." ~ stock which the company now holds The Nort'.
westerns were d'pcssc h'cHusr the company had
currency honds ats" tue poc,cd'oi WHICH wall he en-.
nroeccss "i ron,rro r,c ] ~, ''vI 1 NV ~
am k''eA wgs O. cent higher AZ sl'a
The Sold market opened and closed at 100, hut tenn
porhnN rallied TO lp''s when foreign - han.c rate
ln loans ne rates paid Tor having balances carried were
Forr.n schansc was trther advanced 10 - sai and
s lT n ,, Sn1 Hsnsnd .s1i.s f'sggetS Wy e
. MONEY on cal Wa abundant and the bulk OF tue ncgo-
lauohs W'tc effected at %aA cent with maj dealings
Governments bonds continued quiet at the boards as
also at tl!r once, M The dealers
LII mill luafu .tf fins NJ ,l...t
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Miss Gcnevicve Wards New York season
renchcd pleasant climax last evening in the
shape of II benefit performance. at which were
present great many Of her admirers and
friends, who made the event specially grateful
by the warmth and sincerity Of their onihusi,
assn. Jane Shore" and THE Honeymoon"
were enacted, MIR. John Bird. an amatrur Of
considerable local fame appearing In the latter
piece as the Duke ATd%d. The performance
was mn unusually good one throughout and
Miss Ward was of course the recipient Of nearly
all tho honors. Among those present in the
audience were tho sorosis Club his Honor
Mayor Fly, the American rifle team. Gen.
Sckes, aud Judge GilderslecVc.
Miss Wards metropolitan engagement. now
closing. may not have been attended by the
clamors Of popular approbal ion. and in many
poets her impers0nations have met with adj
verse criticisms; but ON all hands il has been
acknowledged thni the sincerity, intelligence.
and high motive OF her labors cntitle her 10 the
res poet Of all who desire well Of the serious
drama. She has made many warm friends
hero among the thoughtful patrons of the play
house, and her scason will be remembered
for tho heroic and honest work that she
put into 1t, no less than for tho splcndor with
viii IA her managers surrounded il.
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AM NLHENTS.
The rrova,ore at the Academy.

II it We're not for the anvil chorus and its
nightmare plot the rroyatoro" would bo a
thoroughly euloyabo opera.
Last evening signor Ardiii did what he could
10 mitigate the horrors OF the first. and Col.
Maul"sons company braycly and successfully
s'ro,e 90 make tho latter interesting Tho
old method Of giving tho anvil scene has
been Tor the chorus To- beat with the hammers
TIL the whole audience throbhcd with rain.
This wa- altered in last nights version.
The anyls were lightly played and a ballet
made the gypsy scene more than ordinarily
well presented In years. With such n cast It
could not be- otherw.sc Campanin is an excel
lie, acts with spirit and intelligence.
and , in. the famous aria hi quclla
audience e. enthusiasm, Then last evening
we had in Nignor Galassi such tou1 III Lima
A. has not been heard here since Amodio sang
the part THROUGHPUT lie was superb. both in
voice and action. Tho smoothness and finish
and hcauty Of voice with which ho sang Ii
Bn'u was the tombstone OF his artistic merit.
But the SURPRISE OF the evening WINS in the
.i5nccu1 uf Madame IAblache.
THIS lady has already been heard this season
in several minor parts, and IN these she has
won =, neral esteem and prepared her audience
TO- oAp"u from her an artistic treatment Of
made even NOR" decided mark last even
ing than could have been anticipated. by
her wonderfully intense conception and
vigorous rendering Of this strong part. This
lady has the grand traditions Of the lyric stage
She has an individuality and force that at once
command the attention Of all who hear her.
and presents he character with dstnctncss
thni marks her rs an actress OF consummate
Madame Sinco assumed the role Of Leonorn.
The part has been taken here 10y so many Of the
greatest artists TINT our audiences have become
remorselesslv cNacting and that Madame Sinieo
dld not lully carry their sympahi"s with her
is not Ia bc wondered nj. But nevertheless she
is most trustworthy artist, always true, phras-
ing well, displaying an excellent method, and
rising to the requirements of her rulo in tho
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Speaker Randall. Explanation.
The following was among the cipher de-
spatches published by the 2riJime;

The following was among the cipher de-
spatchos published by the 7riJime:
NV our.vs Nov. 10, 1875
" n r. aq. Ei,fsr Hs.s, N,ir l-rk
Here with Fox usefulness Florida MusCllc
u-e hey 40 81 sMLJ RANpAlL
Translation
rw2 from hero tloria hcside Wuui'cy Wy usefulness
ended Wants oie Wall iulI authority Answer
NASL J. RANDALL
Concerning this speaker Randall addressed
the following card 10 the Philadelphia IurpS:
Tho telegram Nou publish tni. morning. ana which /
20 lHs for Tic first time ia Irlut, nj Nv
IN cinher u was sent nom Sew Orleans, and not
from Florida ] wrote ~ ia o." Eu-A-h language, and
wished 90 Doe transmitted written by for what
intended to convey needed no ralment ! gave
II 10 another who proposed To send II without
expense 10 me. II must have been Iut IN cipher
after II let me-. | never had knnwcdge ot cipher
while IN New Orleans. was asked tn gu there by tie
Democi attic National Committee Went there. remained
was there only 10 aid IN having justice done tic Demo.
cratic party IN Louisiana bN honest pTacucus. and
through legitimate counsel and conference. never had
ANYTHING To DO with the FLORIDA contest nor was ever
~ that STATE and the Interpretation attempted TO De put
on the language j. an outrage On me-" All my acts
should know / wanted to be relieved and 10 have
smother sent 20 act my stead for personal po
cal reasons and to mat end and mat end alone the tce
gram was written was never asked 10 participate IN
any conference nor 10 do any act looking 10 an undue
securne oi the electoral votes ~ FLORIDA Louisiana.
nor did take part 10 suc-ia any such conferences we're
held or such acts done cannot sAN with certainty mat
the words published are the identical words usedhe
meaning has been perverted. sANUfL j. RANDALL
friiAnElrHIA, Oct "a
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BAkER-BROOKs-On Thursday. Oct ~. In 81.
Ihumass church, Ravcuswood Long Island by the Rev
W. s AdamsOn. Alfred A~hncd Baker 10 Ida sands
daughter Of the late Gcurlc X. BROOKS
CNEkONNErCH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS On Mcdnc =
day oct - at the residence VI the brides parents "a
fnst place, Bfooklyn by the Roy DR. Friu Rene Cheron
nrtthampOlion VI Paris to Mary, daughter Vi Austin
Co-hiu
HALIETT-RAEBrRN- 81 Marks Church, on
Tuesday. oct y. Nv the Rev \. n Kyance, ID. -
sisted by the Rev II n Ellsworth Charles alett Il
Adelaide only daughter ~ the late William Ra,hurn
MINN-WAGsTAfF.-I New YORK. city. ON Thursday
Oct. ~ in st Clements Episcopal church. ty the Rev
Theodore A Eaton. u u assisted Iv The Rev MILAN
Egeubrodt. II u and the Rev. b e. Mileu. u u
Robert Ways T. : y
sENFf-HANEMENtR- In this city. on Wednesday
oct - hy the Rev John Cotton Smith. u D. Frrdcrick
soma to dcorc. daughter Of the late George Have
SliERNAN-IiAiNEs- on "Wednesday. oct ~ at All
Saints church. Sew York. by the Rev. W y Dunuell
rector. u. Emma daughter ui n Haynes. 10 Charlie,
sherman. VI ID both ul New York
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ANA Kingston, In the Sec
ond Reformed nutch Church by the Rev James Ucna
rest Jr, u. Theodore Beekiuan We>throok. Counsel
lor at Law. ui Judge X Wrsthrook To- MARY Alice
daughter OF 4 Milhgan ESQ both OF kingston \ Y.
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Robbed aud Thrown Into the Sen.

man whose name was not learned entered
Life Saving station No 3, between Highlands station
and seabrght j., ~ o'clock on Tuesday night His
clothes dripping wet and he told capt Martin that
two men had enc.d him from the railroad track robbed
him OF g. and thrown him into the A. there was
tremen surl, the storm sim ragnr can't Mount at
dscTeditcd the mans story, believing thatn he had
been throw the he could not have escaped He
however ordered search 10 he made aud ON the sands
were found the marks Of struggle pieces Of torn cloth
ny and the prints.o two pairs VI feet leading toward
If.t.
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Au.,,. corb,n,. Daughter. Marriage.

Miss Mary Corbn. tho daughter OF Mr.. Austin
Corbn the President Of the Manhattan Beach Railroad
was married on Wednesday evening in her fathers rcsi
de nee by the Rev Dr. Friel 10 Rene Cheronnet Cham
polion A wealthy French gentleman. who tell IN love
with Miss orlin while she visiting Paris with her
father year ago Inc couple nave gone OH an eA"ueu
brl uul lullT
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Lolita comes back tonight TO the city, AMI
nghts in n new garb upon the stage Of the
Park Theatre. La Cigalc" IL not only n
bright and sparkling opportunity for the little
good company, in which is Mr.. Frederick Rob
iAson.
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DyeinR and Clcaning.-rhe New York Dvcing an
Printing Establishment. staten isand-oilrcS Duane
st. 10. Broadway go 9th av New York LOG PtrrepOni
st, Brooklyn Established 81 years
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a Medical wonder.-HYATTs LIFE BALsAM
the couQutror ~ rheumatism tor ScrOia, Try
It. Sold BY druggists and ~ 2iG Grant 81
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The soap that can now select Is
Pyie's old o. X Bold by all groeera Depot 800 WASH
ingt ton st-AdT
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The largest and finest assortment at 'Olhs smeros,
and ONercuangs, at prices lower than where rlsr al
the Old established cloth house Of keller Ruh cornc
Ann aud William hts-Ade