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The New York herald., 1878-03-12
TRUANT WHALES.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
NORFOLK Va, March IL, 1875
school Of whales spoutiug and sporting in Hamp-
Roads, the vicinity Of the Horseshoe Light az.
tonished sailors aud everybody else in tnat neighbo
hood to-day. No attempts ut capture were made.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
Two DWELLINGS, DESTROYED.

Two buildings in Centre street, Irvington, N. j.,
were totally destroyed on Sunday night by fire.
Frederick Bowers occupied ono and jacob Shower,
with hts family, tho other. The fire originated IN
Shower house during the absence Of himself aud
family The lre SAID 10 have been the work OF an
incendiary.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
A LAWYER DISBARRED.

[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
81. LOUIS, Mo-. Murch IL, 1s7s
Frank J. Bowman, a prominent lawyer, recently
found guilty OF unproiessionai conduct, was to-day
stricken from the rolls vi the court and forbidden
practice longer rs lawyer in this State.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
RAILWAY SAFE PLUNDERED.

WiSGHAN, Ont, March IL, 1873
A safe at the Great Western Railway station hero
was blown open by burglars this morning and tho
contenla rlNed.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
MURDERER SENTENCED.
Dosroy, Mass, March IL,

DosToy, Mass, March ii, 1873
John Q. Pnkham, VINO has been on trial Tor mur-
der ut Dover. N. H., for tho past week having been
1873.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
INFAN'TICIDE.

PRovIDRScE, r. l., March IL, 1875
Mary Ann, colorcd, IL under arrest here, charged
with poisoning an infant child OF william Watkins
with whom she boarded. The Coroner is holding an
ipuucst Oh the child.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
A SHOE FACTORY DAMAGED.

Louis Ldo's shoe factory. In the rear Of No. 1875
Eidrdse street. took dro yesterday and damaged,
stock and machinery, S. 500. The building, which
ownod by c. Brothers, was damaged about 81, 900.
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.

The following record will show tho changes In the
temperature for the past twenty-four hours 10 CON-
parlson with the corresponding datc OF last year. as
indicated by the thermometer at Hudnurs pharmacy,
HERALD Building No. lis Broad way:-
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
STORES IN ASHES.

STORES IN ASHES
DETROIT Mich, March IL, 1878.
FIVE stores were destroyed by Ore nj Eaton Rapids
this morning. Loss $40 900; insurance So, 300
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
STEAM TUG BURNED.

BiDDEFoRD, Me, March IL, 1873
The steam tug Aid, owned by j. and Andrews, OF
this city, was burned to the waters edge yesterday
The loss SlS 500 and tho Insurance sIO000 Ia the
Gerard Fro Association, the HUDSON And tho ST
Paul
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
A MICHIGAN VILLAGE DEVASTATED.

MICHIGAN VILLAGE DEVASTATED.
DETROIT, March IL, 1878.
A telegram from Muir reports that a lre at thu
village OF Hubbardstcn, lonia county on Sunday
morning, destroyed eleven buildings including bank
and hardware store. Loss, $11 0O0 Insurance, O00
The New York herald., 1878-03-12
Dir. 7. FELIX GoURAUD,s ORIENTAL

COLD SNAPS ROUGHEN AND CHAP THE
skln.-Ileal and soften II with GLENNs SuLPmuR SOAP
The New York herald., 1878-03-12

Average temperature yesterday 43ss
last ......-................ ..- aisx
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

: 20 EAEUUTIYE UFFICEs
Governor-Wn. E. Smith, Milwaukee.
Lieutenant Governor. NJ, Bingham, Chip.
pewa Falls.
Private Secretary Geo. W. Burchard, Fort
Atkinson. aF4G4
Executive Clerk-T. L. Hacker, Cottage
Grove. :
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
Why There Are So Many Tramps.

The Hon. Montgomery Blair, in pre-
siding over charity convention in Bal
timore, undertook to explain why there
were SO many tramps in the United
States. There has been an enormous
accumulation of wealth in the hands of
the few. "John Jacob Astor," he re-
marked. "was in former years the
wealthiest man in the country, and yet
was not worth half million in 1880;
while now there are Hundreds of million
aires, whose incomes are millions" He
computes Vanderbilt's income as equal
to the earnings of 10000 work1ngmen,
and that of Flood and O'Brien at $40,
100000, which is equal to the earnings
of $4,000 laborers. Three hundred
such incomes, he goes on to say, would
absorb the earnings of 18,OO0,00 labor
ers. "It is certainly startling condi-
ton of things" he adds, "that at least
1900 900 able-bodied, intelligent, and
energetic men have been suddenly left
without employment, to wander through
a country Astounding in natural wealth,
and capable of supporting ten times its
present population, while all It's wealth
is accumulated in comparatively few
hands"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
Leaiszatire Proeeedia,ns.

TUESDAY, Jan. 15.-SENATE.-A memorial
from the Ozaukee County Board asking for the
enlargement of the Northern Insane Asylum
was introduced. Local clergymen were in
vited to open the morning services with prayer.
-. Bills were introduced to validate the acts
of certain timber agents and to instruct the
State Land Commissioners to transmit informa-
ton as to the status of the State lands in the
several counties to the Clerks of the counties
interested. The Senate adjourned.
ASSEMBLY. Petitions were presented favor
ing the enlargement of the Oshkosh Hospital
for the Insane, and relating to illegal fees !.
Resolutions were offered for a change of time
in the collection of taxes, and to invite the resi-
dent clergy to open sessions with prayer
Bills were introduced relating to the publica
ton Of city charters to encourage the draining
of lead-bearing mineral lands; providing for
the payment for labor In lawful money of the
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
WISCONSIN ITEMS.

| The Bar Association has adjourned
to the Goth of February, when they will
meet in Madison.
The officers and members of the
first and second conventions to frame
State constitution for Wisconsin lin 1916
and 1648), or SO many of them as sur
we, are invited to hold reunion on
the 1st day Of February at the Capitol
IN Madison. AS other old citizens of
the State are expected to be present, a
joyful meeting is anticipated.
"A fire at WATERFOWL recently de-
stroyed the frame elevator warehouse of
John Betz, situated at the track of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul rail-
road. near the depot, and the frame eat
ing-house adjoining. Two cars belong
ing to the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad were also destroyed. The con-
tents OF the warehouse, consisting chief
" Of barley, were consumed. The total
loss by the fire is probably between
S., 900 and $4,000. aa
The sixth annual session of the
Wisconsin State Grange was held last
week at the Newhall House, Milwaukee.
Organization was effected and an address
was delivered by Worthy Master Sher-
win In the evening. He argued in be-
half Of cooperation, and denounced Con
gress for neglecting the farmers. He
spoke against the school book monopoly.
high rates Of interest, etc. The State
Agent has purchased $164, worth Of
goods during the year. There has been
little change in the financial or member
ship condition. The report shows the
ceipts for the year to be SC, 1923. 90:
disbursements, 81, 7OS.6S; balance in
treasury, $2,o75.49. The oranges in the
State are in good standing. The follow
ing officers were elected FL. G.. Sher-
win, Ladoza, Master; E. H. Benton, Lee
roy, Overseer; Wilson Hopkins, Chip
pewa, Lecturer; Stewart J. Wakefield,
Waupaca, Treasurer; John Cochrane,
Trenton Secretary; Fl. E. Huxley,
State Agent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
In as Senator on the 4th of Marcb h,,t |

in as Senator on the 4th of March. but
resigned in two days after to become the
Secretary of the Treasury, and John
Sherman was sent to the Senate in his
place. Simon Cameron resigned on the
9th of March to become Secretary of.
War, and William H. Seward to become
Secretary Of State. Timothy o. Howe.
OF Wisconsin, was sworn in as a Senator,
and his eighteen years of consecutive
service expire on the 4th Of March. 1879.
In 1861, Mason, of Virginia, who after
ward Went as an Ambassador to England
and was captured and kept as a prisoner
of war, with Slidell, his colleague. was
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, on which Seward and Sumner
represented the Republicans. r. M. IT,!
Hunter was Chairman of the Committee
on Finance; Clement G. Clay had the
place Conkllng now occupies on the
Committee on Commerce: Jefferson
Davis was Chairman of Military Affairs.
andBayard of Judiciary. Andrew John
son was Chairman Of the Committee to
Audit the Contingent Expenses of the.
Senate. Anthony was on the Committee
on Printing, of which he has been Chair
man for the last fifteen years. Simon
Cameron sat with Bob Toombs on the
Committee ON Finance; Hamlin and
Chandler represented the Republicans
on the Committee on Commerce, and
Trumbull and Foster were on Judiciary.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
New York Statistics.

A recent assessment of taxables in
New York city shows decline Of 80, 900
as compared with last year, and marked
OF 1875, when there was no Presidential
excitement. The total assessment is
some 35, 900 less than in Philadelphia.
Basing upon this calculation as to the
population OF the city, it is believe
that if a census were taken in New York
at this time it would show considerably
less than a million, Notwithstanding the
addition of part of Westminster county to
the city. New York city always shows
in the strongest possible light the effects
of national prosperity and national Attic
ton. 1t is true that the remarkable &C
tivity of the fall trade started there, and
appeared from the reports to be greatest
in that quarter. But the effects of Che
four years of revulsiorl in that city must
have been far beyond all current re-
ports. The work of the wreckers was
most thorough there, and the disastrous
results among savings banks, insurance
companies and mercantile concerns have
been calculated to make alarm perman-
emit. A recent official list of insolvents
shows frightful proportion of losses,
and such has been the depreciation of
real estate that mortgages have ceased
to be preferred investments, and loans
upon them are difficult to negotiate.
The vast import trade that once rendered
New York SO mighty an emporium Of
commerce has sadly decayed, and nearly
every branch of her traffic has been
terribly injured by wild speculation,
crazy imitation, the enormous cost of
production and the expense of business.
AS the foreign immigration since 1873
has become quite small the proportion
of unnaturalized aliens remaining in the
city must be very much redaced, for the
evidences agree in showing that of the
entire population of the city the proper
ton of the natives of the republic is In
creasing, in consequence of the diffusion
of the foreign population through the
New England, Middle, and Western
States. tits proper to say that the city
of Brooklyn shows the same condition Of
things as New York, and that the decline
in her population indicated by the fall
ing off in the list of taxables is very
marked.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
THE LITTLE FOLKS.

The Shepherd Boy. m
Little Row led his sheep down to pasture, As
And his COWS, by the side of the brook
But his COWS never drank any water,
And his sheep never needed crook. As EIA
For the pasture was gay az a garden,s m @ =.
And it glowed with howery red;
But the meadows had never a grass-blade,
And the brooklet-it slept in its bed; &
And 1t lay without sparkle or murmur,
Nor reflected the blue Of the skies.
But the music made by the shepherd,
And the sparkle was all in his eyes.
Oh he sang like bird in the summer
And if sometimes you fancled bleat,A
That too, was the voice of the shepherd, "a
And not of the lambs at his feet.
And the glossy brown COWS were so gentle
That they moved at the touch of his hand q
Der the wonderful rosy-re d meadow,
And they stood at his word of command.
SO he led all his sheep to the pasture, ~
And his co u.s. by the side Of the brook;
Though it rained, vet the rain never battered
Der the beautiful way that they took. Is
And it wasn't in Fairy-land either, 81
But house in commonplace town,
Where Roy as he looked from the window,
Saw the silyery drops trlckle down.
For his pasture was only o table,
With it's cover SO howery fair,
And his brooklet was just green ribbon s
That his sister had lost from her hair. &
And his cows they were glossy horse-chestnuts,
That had grown ON his grandfathers tree;
And his sheep they were snowy-white pebbles
He had brought from the shore by the sea.
And at length, when the shepherd was weary,
And had taken his milk and his bread,
And his mother had kissed him and tucked him,
And had bid him . goodnight" in his bed,
Then there entered his big brother Walter
While the shepherd was soundly asleep,
And he cut up the COWS into baskets,
And to jack-stones turned all of the sheep.
v-En$ly s. Oakley, IN ST. Nicholas for February.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
Said He Had Seen Better DAYS.

A sad-eyed, coal-stained son of sor-
row tumbled into Pultzer's office the
other day, with a breath like the trail of
pestilence, and said he had Just ar
rived from Louisville, in destitute cir
cumstances. 81 s.,
SIT don't take an opera glass to see
that, remarked Pulitzer, lighting fresh
cigar. III
p" I have seen better days." said the
man sadly.
ct wouldn't have thought it," volun-
teered the lawyer.
."I have indeed" continued the hag-
gard mendicant. ''At one time I was q a
clerk in frst-class hotel .11st.
81 don't believe it. Take off your
hatr shouted Pulitzer, getting inter-
ested. 5tia
The man removed the limp, gutter
stained fragment that sheltered his head.
and exposed a mass Of tangled, matted
hair. natf
Do you mean to tell me that hair
was ever parted ?" demanded his inquis-
itor, sternly. 1at $500 o.
Yes, I do" I9.q
Chow long ago 2" E@ wea.
Bout ten years." a. e5
'In the middle % 4J5s G~@e
GAS true as gospel" RI I ar
"Was it ever clipped close to the
head?"
"You're just right there" said the
man, with hollow sound. way down in
his chest, that did duty for sigh. LII
Well, what was it forg" inquired
Pulitzer. 800 aI
Embezzlin' some diamonds from the
hotel safe. They belonged to an actress
who sent 'em to the office for safe
keepin'. They walked around my own
business breastE in, dazzled me, and I
fell. It was their bright glitter that
lured me to my ruin, and yanked me off
'em the pedestal. The two WIS didn',
have nothing to do with nay tumble, an
sule as you're Christian"
How much did you get?"
Three years. That took the tuck
out O me and spoiled my hair, soft I
could never a got behind the desk
again, even If I'd wanted to-which I
didn't
"Well, WE'LL" unused the attorney,
"can such things be, and the world roll
on as usual? It seems hard to believe.
Here, old fellow, it's my candid opinion
that you've warped the facts shamefully,
but I won't be hard on you. Here's
quarter-take it and get thee to a bean
cry, and surprise that degenerate stom-
ach of yours with something warm
Ten minutes later the tramp was peer
ing upward through the bottom of a
glass. - Cincinnati Breakfast Table.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
are making strong efforts to suppress
the tramp nuisance on the line of their
road. They have provided four prison
cars, which have been placed at differ
ent points on the road, and recommend
that the local associations give such aid
as may be in their power to the officers
of the railroad company.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

Since the capture at Catalina, Trinity
bay, of the gigantic cephalopod which is
now attracting crowds to view it in the
New York Aquarium, another has been
cast ashore, of still larger dimensions, at
Lance cove. Smith sound, about twenty
miles farther up Trinity bay than the
locality where the former was taken
During high tide and high inshore
wind. another of those gigantic squids
was borne ashore at the locality named,
and grounded on a shingly beach. Is
it's desperate efforts to escape, it used it's
syphon or funnel SO forcibly that the
stream OF water pouring from it plowed
up trench on the beach thirty feet in
length and of considerable depth. Soon
the retiring tide left it high on the
beach. Mr.. John Duffett, a resident of
the place, was among those who collect
ed to view the monster, and he carefully
measured the arms and body. The long
tentacles hefound to be thirty-three feet
in length, being three feet longer than
the Catalina specimen; and the body
eleven feet, or one foot longer than that
of the former. He did not measure the
shorter arms, but estimates them at
thirteen feet, and describes them as be-
ing of enormous thickness at the shout
der. TWAS thelargest specimen yet OBJ
tanned, and in the most perfect condi.
ton. buffet knew nothing of the value
of these monsters, except as manure OF
dogs meat, and he put his few quintals
of fish on board his little vessel and
came on, leaving the squid to rot on the
strand Or be washed back into the sea.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

RESIDENTS of Alabama, Louisiana and
Mississippi complain that, while there
has been some depreciation of Govern
ment lands, Government agents are
Selling the property Of men in the tim
Der business on lands to which the Gov
eminent has no claim. a.;s. - -------I
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

The following are the officials and en-
ployes in the several departments of the
State Government:
'@'A@ EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Governor-Wm. E. Smith, Milwaukee.
Lieutenant GOVERNOR. NJ. Bingham, Chip
pewa Falls.
Privats secretalr!y-Geo. W. Burchard, Fort
Executive Clerk-T. L. Hacker, Cottage
Grove. =
& ~ THE STAFF.
The Governors official staff has been
appointed, as follows:
Adjutant General-Ed. E. Bryant, with rank
of Brigadier General.
Quartermaster General-George E. Bryant,
with rank of Major General.
Surgeon General-Dr. E. B. Wolcott, with
rank Of Brigadier General.
Military Secretary and Aide. de- Camp-Geo
W. Burchard, with rank of Colonel
Aide-de-C Camp. J. Ries, rank of Colonel.
!. Aide-de-Camp A. Watrous, rank of
Colonel.
Aide -Camp-L. B. Sale, rank of Colonel.
Aide de Camp. G. Higgins, rank of
Colonel.
Aide-de- Camp David W. Curtis rank of
Colonel. r' n.s
Aide-de Campo. Tounar, rank of Colonel
Aide-de- Camp Pliny Norcross, rank of
Colonel.
Aide-de- Campo. F. Bryant, rank of
Colonel.
STATE DEPARTMENT..
Secretary of State-Hans B. Warner, Els
worth.
Assistant secretary-F. Fl. Putney, Wauke-
sha.
General Clerk-David Taylor La Crosse.
Printing Clerk-E. Ell. Weber, Menominee.
Insurance Clerk. H. Reyes, Watertown.
Bookkeeper-D. FL. Tullis, Madison.
Bookkeeper Trust Fund-Lars Harstad Eau
Claire,
Recording Clerk and Proof Reader-M. B.
KmbalI, Ellsworth.
Recorder of Marriages, Births and Deaths
Mrs. Fannie Villas, Madison.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
Treasurer Guenther Oshkosh.
Assistant Treasurer-Robert McCurdy, Osh-
kosh. rfe
Bookkeeper- Menges, Madison.
Correspondent-Wm D. Carr, Waupaca.
Deposit Clerk-Charles Wedelstedt, Milwau-
kee.
Messenger Schuester.
fEu LAND OFFICE.
Chief Clerk. Fl. Waggoner, Richland
Center. e
Assistant Clerk-E. s. Mcbride, Madison.
Clerks-W H. Bennett, Mineral Point G. M,
EOAOoLlnAs N1oOAoOA L OUOA 4 1857
f. j. Mol, Oshkosh; II. B. Pouse.
| Messenger Lewis.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Attorney General-Alex Wilson, Mineral
Point. rqc
Assistant Attorney General-H. B. Chyno-
weth, Madison.
Messenger Daubner.
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent of Public Instruction-W.
c. Whitford, Milton.
Assistant Superintendent B. Pradt, Madi-
Clerk and Messenger-W. P. Clark, Milton.
PUBLIC PROPERTY OFFICE.
Superintendent Public Property-Andrew
Sexton, Madison.
Assistant Superintendent Monteith,
| Madison.
Messenger-W. J. Jones, Madison.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS OFFICE.
Railroad Commissioner-Dana G. Lamb,
Fond du Lac.
| Clerk. FL. Foster, Winnebago county.
TREASURY AGENCY.
| Treasury Agent-H. Kleinpell, Sank City.
| MILITARY DEPARTMENT.
| Adjutant General-Ed. e. Bryant Madison.
Quartermaster Generate. E. Bryant, Madi-
son.
Adjutant Generals Clerk-E. J. Linderman,
ManitoWoc.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24

IT is very mortarfying to our national
pride to learn that Sergt. Bates is carry
ing a bod.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-01-24
The New Administration.

- INC new Adm1nIstrat1On.
The following are the officials and en-
ployes in the several departments of the
State Government: t1
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-10-24

''In the Madras famine (1873-74) children
of seven to ten years used to bring poor little
naked living skeletons of two and three and
four years to the government relief centers.
feeding the babies day after day for weeks
with the daily dole, asking for nothing for
themselves, till the little foster r-mothe1s would
themselves sink at the gates. They were Of
ten of no kin, sometimes even of different
caste or religion. Hundreds of fathers or
mothers going to other parts of the country
to get work and food left children to die in
their villages. Little ones who had no little
foster mothers, wandered about to get dole
of food from any one who would give, then
laid down and died with pass me the word
the heroic agony of childish patience.
For example, one missionary from Cuddapah
met in one day over one hundred children
who had no one in this world to care for
them.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-10-24
A New Process With Coffee.

A German has just discovered process,
which he has patented, and by which he
claims to be able to preserve coffee in all its
perfection, and at the same time to render it
more portable and unalterable for length of
time. To effect his object he subjects the
freshly roasted and ground coffee to press
ure of from 40 to 70 atmospheres (33 pounds
to the square inch each) in suitable cast iron
molds. The coffee is thus made into cakes,
and comes into the market in form resem-
blig chocolate, divided like the latter by lines,
to facilitate breaking into pieces of suitable
size for use. The interior surface of the
mold is highly polished, by which means the
outer crust of the compressed coffee is made
sufficiently smooth and hard to prevent the
tendency of the ethereal oil of the berry to
escape from the interior of the cakes. The
volume of the coffee thus prepared is reduced
to less than one-third of that of the original
The inventor claims that the operation does
not in the least affect the good qualities of
the article, and that it can be packed and
in tin-foil, or otherwise, preserv-
ing its aroma indefinitely.
Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1878-10-24
Improving Stock.

Those who first introduced into our coun-
try the improved breeds of stock, who paid
from $1,000 to $5, 600 for Merino buck or
a Durham bull, or who paid the high price
for Berkshire, Suffolk, or an Essex pig,
were laughed at as examples of folly, but
where is the sensible man who does not now
see that they were benefactors and promoters
of their country's good-who does not now
see that the Improvement of our stock is
worth a thousand times to our country what
these innovations cost And who does not
see that those who have given the example of
thorough culture, of mixed husbandry, of
rotation of crops, of undertaking, of cheese
manufactures and creameries, have been the
promoters of the farmers good ? These i'm
provements have all been first introduced by
the so-called scientific farmer, not of necessity
the classic student, but by those who think
and actin accordance with scientific principles.
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