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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
SUICIDE AT NIAGARA.
SeIf-Destruction Without Excitement or
Indication of Intention.

SeIf-Destruction Without Excitement or
Indication of Intention.
From the New York Herald we CLEAN
the following facts in relation to the
movements of the stranger (said to be
from Wisconsin, during the last hours
of his life, which he ended by jumping
into Niagara river from the upper Sus-
pension bridge. It appears that he
passed the night at the Exchange Hotel
at Suspension Bridge, and at about 7
o'clock the next morning crossed the
bridge, and, entering Mr.. Murray 8
Office, sat down, smoked pipe, and
talked q while with Mr., Murray. He
seemed to be perfectly rational, stated
his intention of going westward by rail
at 10 minutes past 10 a. M, or quarter
past l p. M, said he had purchased his
ticket and was DESTROYS of looking at the
falls before his departure for his West
ern home. Observing what seemed to
be railway ticket protruding from his
vest pocket, Mr.. Murray said:
"You may lose that ticket.
"Oh, no." he replied, that isn't my
railroad ticket. / have that safe here, !"
laying his hand on his pantaloons
pocket.
He then asked Mr.. Murray if he knew
of any boy whom he could hire to walk
with him as far as the falls, saying that
he bad asked one, who told him he
couldn't go because he had to attend
school.
Just then lad, small peddler, came
along, and the stranger engaged him to
walk with him to the falls, promising to
pay him well for the service. They left
Mr.. Murray's Office and went as far as
Buckley's Hotel, Clifton, where the
stranger wrote letter, which he deposit
ed in the postofice.
After this, accompanied by the boy,
he walked up the river road to the falls,
his return stopped at the entrance to the
upper bridge, and requested the boy to
wait there until he could go to the middle
Of the bridge and return. He gave the
lad half dollar, walked half way across
the bridge, paused for few moments,
Invested himself of his hat and coat, and
Mortified those who were looking at him
by throwing himself from the fearful
height into the river. News of the Ca
tastrophe soon spread, and the unfortu-
nate mans body was seen by several
persons before it passed beneath the
lower bridge.
The rash act seems to have been de-
iberately conceived, and certainly was
carried into effect with the utmost de-
liberation. Gill "a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
Repeal of the Bankrupt Law.

The repeal of the Bankrupt law was
not advocated by any influential news
paper. The movement in favor of it
seems to have arisen directly from the
mercantile classes, and to have affected
Congress through petitions and personal
solicitation. The success of it under
such circumstances merely shows what q
tremendous power the mercantile class
Yields. When it is in earnest it moves
Congress as no other power on earth
can. Another. curious circumstance in
connection with this repeal is that it has
been urged for many different and op-
posite reasons. Some objected to the
law because involuntary proceedings
were hardship to debtors; others be-
cause voluntary proceedings were ex-
cessive; others because their own State
laws were more or less lenient than the
national law. It is amusing to see the
variety of opinion in the newspapers on
the repeal. Many of them attempt to
account for it, but no two hit on pre-
cisely the same reasons. All seem to
agree that another law will be demanded
by some later generation, when the ex-
perience of this one has faded away; but
few note the remarkable fact that each of
the three laws enacted by the General
Government was adopted under similar
circumstances and repealed in the same
way. All were intended to relieve the
country from the consequences Of over
trading or speculation. They accom-
plished their purpose, and were repealed,
in each instance, amidst whirlwind of
popular indignation, with no thanks for
their past good services, and no recollec-
ton of the fact that they were enacted to
meet popular demand just as strong as
that in obedience to which they were re-
pealed. -Chicdgo Tribune. .t
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
For Love OF Her.

AMexican exchange contains lengthy
account of terrible love tragedy which
recently occurred at Guadalajara, CAPT
tai of the STAGE of Jalisco. We con-
dense the facts as follows: A young,
beautiful and wealthy widow had two
suitors, the one being talented student
and the other dry-goods clerk. The
former, though graciously looked upon
as friend, met several reverses as a
lover, and finally, for reasons not made
public, was prohibited from calling upon
the beautiful but bereaved widow. The
dry-goods clerk, on the contrary, was an
Adonis ever warmly received by his
Venus. His hopes for gaining the heart
and hand of his idol increased daily and
attracted public attention. This pro-
duced ferocious jealousy and despera-
ton in the mind OF the more unfortunate
rival. One day, a Friday Supposed to
be an evil day in the calendar of gossips),
the widow threw open her residence for
the reception of friends. The attend
ance was large and composed of the aris-
tocracy of Guadalajara, the second city
of the republic in culture, taste, and re-
fnement. A grand ball followed the re-
ception, and the finest music foated
forth it's harmony to make the affair as
delicious as it was brilliant. Among
those in attendance were the young med
ica1 student and the dry goods clerk,
the latter having considerable local
fame as a poet. During the dizzy
waltzes the student observed that his
rival was the partner of the charming
widow, q fact which intensified his jeal-
ousy. Unable to control himself, the
disciple of Esculapius startled the
assemblage by insulting in the most
elegant manner the dry-goods clerk, and
followed this by challenging him to a
duel there and then. The man of tape
instantly accepted the challenge, and,
being prepared for emergencies, the
duel took place without unnecessary
ceremony. The principals selected their
seconds, and, walking into the patio or
court yard of the widow, commenced
their deadly work. The first shot of the
dry-goods clerk was fatal as was that of
the medical student. Both were mortal
~ wounded, and expired in a few mo-
ments. The affair was conducted in
such cool and business-like way that
the assemblage could scarcely believe
anything had happened until they saw
the two dead bodies lying in the patio.
The woman in the case, beholding the
terrible sight of which she was the prime
cause, burst into tears and exclaimed:
"My God pardon me. [ am innocent. "
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
A Dying Robber.

Jim Younger, of the Younger broth
ers, confined in the penitentiary, and
whose deeds at Mortified are fresh in
the memory Of every Minnesotian, is in
a fair way of shutting off this mortal coil
in short time in the penitentiary. In
his capture, it will be remembered, he
was shot in the mouth, and the upper
left jaw is gone, as is the antrum. His
wounds have nearly all healed, but occa-
sionally small pieces of bone work them
selves out, keeping his mouth very sore
and infamed, these sores almost con
stantly discharging matter substance.
From the loss of his palate and upper
left jaw it is very difficult for him to mas
ticate his food, which is taken with but
little relish. He is unable to eat other
than articles Of food which can be taken
easily, having but three upper teeth, and
these are on the right side of the mouth.
A dentist visited him day or two since
to see if a plate could be fitted to aid
him in eating, but it was decided that it
would only irritate his mouth without
being of any benefit. The fact that a
bullet is still imbedded in his mouth,
and that it is nearly all of the time sore,
with no hope Of getting better, and
slowly but surely growing worse, shows
that it is only question Of time as to
how soon death will result from the in
iuries. Jim is man of iron will, and
the amount of suffering he has endured
already would have crushed one less de-
termined or hopeful. o5 he is continually
in pain, and oftentimes very severe.
Though he says but little, it is plain to
see that he, is discouraged and down
hearted, and is slowly growing weaker.
Of course, it is only matter OF con-
lecture as to how soon he. will get his
freedom through death. He is in bad
shape. and has but little hope of recov-
cry. The State may be relieved of car
ing for him in short time, and possibly
his endurance and determination may
carry him through two or three years, at
the longest.-St Paul Pioneer Press.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
CaIifOrnia,s Wheat CrOp.

The prospect at this time is that the
present year will be, by millions of
centals. the most productive of VIII eat
and other cereals ever yet experienced
by the farmers of California. The acre
age of wheat is probably 35 to 40 per
cent. greater than was planted in 1872,
when our exports were II, 689, lao bush
els, leaving a home supply of not less
than 8,500,O00 bushels for seed and
bread. 1t is also probable that the
yield per acre this year will average
above that OF 1872.-Sa's francisco
ChYOYaiczc
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
4 Virginia Brides Crime.

A sensational and horrible murder was
recently enacted in Carroll county, Va,
the particulars of which we CLEAN from
the Richmond papers: "The parties to
the affair are Mrs. Maud Travers, bride
OF few days, accomplished, beautiful
and wealthy, who murdered her hus-
band, John Travers, 70 years of age, in
cold blood. Mrs. Trayers is not yet 90,
and, it seems, married Travers, who was
one of the wealthiest men in the State,
for his money. Before the orange bios
SONS had become disarranged che regret
ted the step. On the day before the
murder the husband attended dinner
party in the neighborhood. His atten-
ton to another lady on that occasion was
the subject OF sharp reprimand' by the
newly-made wife on his return home.
Sharp words followed, but none of the
household dreamed of the horrible sequel
that was to follow About 10 O'Clock
the couple retired, apparently in good
humor with each other. From what fol-
lowed it seems that the wife left her
partners side In the bed about mid
night, secured a carving knife from the
kitchen, returned to the chamber on the
first floor, and cut her husbands throat
from ear to ear. The woman, who is Of
powerful physical build, then dragged
the body of the murdered man from the
bed to the creek, about fifty yards dis.
tant, and threw it in the water, hoping,
it is supposed, by this means to conceal
her connection with the revolving deed
Early yesterday morning two fishermen
who were fishing in the brook discov
cred the body, and traced the crime by
the bloody trail left on the ground il
dragging the body from the house to the
waters edge to the Travers mansion
An investigation followed, when it wal
discovered that the woman had destroyed
the bed-clothes, which were doubtless
drenched in gore, by burning them
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

The Greatest Discovery of the Age is DR..
Tobias celebrated Venetian Liniment 90 years before
the public, and warranted to Diarrhea Dysentery
Colo and Spasms, taken internally; and Group Chronic
Rheumatism, Sore Throats Cuts Bruises, Old Sores,
and Pains in the Limbs, Back and Chest, externally
It has never failed. No family will be without
after giving it fair trial Price, 40 cents. DR.
TOBIAS VENETIAN HORSE IMMINENT, in Pint
Bottles, at One Dollar, warranted superior to any
other or NO PAY for the cure of Colo, Cuts Bruises
O.. Sores etc. solo by all Druggists Depot-1 10 Pa7
Vo-(-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
The Art OF Prolonging Life.

People generally desire long life and good
health. Sickness and premature death are
almost always due to violations of the laws
that govern our physical being, and OF which
the masses are ignorant IF men knew better
they would do better but how can they avoid
an evil that they know not of? While efforts
are made through the public schools to give
each child so-called common English educa-
tlon. yet the children are permitted 10 grow up
ana enter upon the responsible duties of active
life profoundly ignorant of the structure of
their own bodies. and the laws of physical be-
ing upon which their health and lives depend.
Ihey are sent to school and crammed with
arithmetic, grammar and geography, by teach
ers who, In many instances, have never studied
physiology and hygiene. They are taught to
locate the mountains aud trace the rivers Of
Foreign countries, hut are never taught to 10
cate the vital organs and glands of their own
Dodles or trace the veins, arteries and nerves
IN their various ramfcatons. They are in
stfucted IN the flow of the tides and the course
OF Inc ocean currents, and the philosophy Of
wind and storms; but they have no correct
conception Of the relative effects upon their
nealtn OF breathing pure or impure air, nor
mas their attention ever been called to the i'm
portance Of Keeping thoir bodies clean and
healthy by regular bathing. The criminality
OF such neglect in teaching becomes apparent
Wnen we consider that the Masses ignorantly
selves sickness, suffering and death that might
otherwise be avoided. In this condition of
things we welcome into being any work that Is
calculated to impart to the masses 8 knowledge
OF the structure of their own bodies, the laws
OF health, and the Importance of observing
those laws. We find DIR. Pierces Common
Sense Medical Adviser to be just such work.
1t is physiological and pathological, and the
major part of it should be converted into a
textbook for the use of common schools. It's
careful study will enable the healthy to pre-
serve their health, and the sickly to regain
health. Every parent should read it, and, as
their children become of proper age, instruct
them in the all-important truths it contains
We're this done, much suffering and premature
death would be prevented, and many youth
saved from a life Of shame and RIGHTEOUSNESS.
The book contains nearly 1000 pages, is pro-
fusely illustrated with colored plates and wood
engravings, and can be had by addressing r.
V. Pierce, NJ. D., Worlds Dispensary and In
valids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. Price, postpaid,
$150.-U United Brethren Aid Journal
DoN'T FORGET that the country is full
of tramps and thieves, and that you ought to
be provided with a weapon of defense. See
advertisement in another column headed
sDON'T FORGET tn ,tF rt
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
DOES your Heart ever seem to stor

DOES your Heart ever seem to stop
beating and you feel an almost deathlike SEN
sation? Do you ever have sudden pains in the
region of your Heart, or does your Heart ever
palpitate? that is, does it double its pusations?
IF you nave any Of these symptoms we should
notneglectit; it is but forerunner of worse that
will follow. Among the many forms of Heart
Disease are Palpitation, Enlargement Spasms
of the Heart, Stoppage of the action Of the
Heart, Trembling all over and about the Heart,
Ossiication or Bony Formation of the Heart,
Rheumatism, General Debility and Sinking Of
the Spirits. To cure this dangerous disease we
offer you DR.. Graves HEART REGULATOR, a
preparation Endorsed by thousands who have
tried and testify to its cures. Send your name to
F. e. INGALLS,, Concord, N. H., for a pamphlet
containing a list of testimonials of cures, etc.
For sale by druggists at 80 cents and 81 per
bottle. adf .4esf{ a.ra<f.s.E ,,rt..+, ~
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

'WILHoFTs FEVER AND AGUE Tonic. -
For all diseases caused by rnalarial poisoning
no arsenic, no mercury, no quinine; no bloat-
edsface or glaring eyes, no bursting head or
breaking back, no weak knees or paralysis ogi-
taaas from its use !! It is safe, invgorating and
leaves the patient renewed in mind and body
and sound as dollar. It wipes out all sallow-
ness, and gives blooming complexion in the
place of that sickly, dirt eating color peculiar
to Chills and Spleno-hepatic arrangements.
Orleans. FoR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
"DooIey's Yeast Powder, -

Said lady, "has made itself Indispensable in
our kitchen. Our biscuits, cake, wafies, muf-
fms, and such like things with it's aid are al
ways enjoyable and good. We would not be
without in our family. We have used it for
pointed liz yet''1 }.fl Iy alfos wffyutpi
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently cured of
that dread disease Consumption, by simple remedy is
anxious to make known to his feowsuerers the
of To all who desire it, he will send copy of the
prescription used Gree of charged with the directions
for preparing and using the same which they will find
SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS,
&c.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
.. .l 1874 Penn Street, Wil'iamsburgh N. Z.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

DoN'T FoRezT IT-That you ought to
read the advertisement so headed in another
column of this nanar 4----4
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

MOTHERS! Mothers Mothers IL! Don't
fail to procure Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for all diseases incident to the period of teeth
ing in children. Itrelieves the child from pain,
cures wind collie, regulates the bowels, and, by
giving relief and health TO the child, gyesrest to
the mother. 1t is an old and well-tried remedy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09

AFTER you have read all of the impor-
tant news in this paper read the advertise
ments and the "DoN'r FORGET IT" advertise
ment in particular.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-05-09
RANDOLPH'S NEW DTTCHER.

a Reversible. Double Ender Doing
eEkANALA work of sixty men. by horse power
EIdNf3TE5y1A at cost of six! Surface Ditchers.
nSsfak&Sks44EEl Sod Cutters and Steam Excavators-
fS&SSfzSA saving ninetenths cost of work
- Circulars from RANDOLPH BROS
<Z55s5zSeE% Ill Broadway, New York,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-17
YESTERDAYS MORTALITY.

On the twelfth instant the death roll fell
from 80 the preceding day to 81. On the thir-
teenth it was So; on the fourteenth 1t was 50,
and on the fifteenth So This steady move
ment of the epidemic on o new and lower
plane than 1t had held for twelve or fourteen
days previously naturally inspired the hope
and belief that 1t was on the decline and q
lighter and more cheerful spirit animated our
people, Yesterday, however, when, at IL M,
the announcement was made on the bulletin
board of the DEMOCRAT that during the pre-
ceding twenty-four hours there had been Is
deaths, q sense of Oppressive gloom and con-
sternation seized the public mind. 1t seemed
that the epidemic had taken new lease of
life, and the gloomiest fOrebOdings, stimu-
lated by the lugubrous predictions Of the
prophets of evil, were entertained. 1t was
learned later however, that there had been
no material increase of the death rate; that
the mortality had not reascended to its
former plane. In the IS deaths reported yes
terday were included Ii which had occurred
last week, and which Coroner Roche, by the
grossest and most censurable negligence, had
failed to report at the proper time and on the
days on which they occurred.
We have no disposition to censure Coroner
Roche, but we are forced to denounce such
negligence as this. BY it the whole city was
thrown into state gloom and CONSERVATION
at "a time when there was no cause for any 9TH
or feeling than that of hope. The public have
learned that many of the doctors do not re-
port their new cases to the Board of Health,
and they have ceased to attach any significance
to the daily announcement Of new cases. The
people, however, watch with the most eager
and intense interest the daily report Of deaths.
This report they have assumed Is abso-
lutely correct; hence, when it shows o de-
creased mortality they are hopeful and when
it suddenly rises above an average level they
are correspoDdingly depressed in spirit. It
is, therefore, criminal and cruel In any official
to hold back the report Of q number of deaths
and then suddenly launch them in q mass
upon the Board of Health to swell the days
mortality and fill the whole city with con-
sternation.
During the twenty-four hours ending yes
terday at IL M, there were but 81 deaths, only
three more than during the preceding twenty
four hours. Consequently it appears that since
the twelfth instant the mortality has been
moving on lower plane than during the
fourteen previous days. We do not believe
that 1t will, except under the most extraor-
binary conditions rise again to what it was
before. Indeed. we feel confident that in the
course of q week it will suddenly fall to o
still lower plane, and, as we have before pre-
dicted, virtually disappear in the earliest days
of OctDber
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-17

DR.. Voolfolk, the Democratic candidate for
Lieutenant Governor Of Kentucky, died at
Grenada of yellow fever on Friday last. He
had gone to the stricken city to tender his
services in behalf of the suffering, and fell a
victim to his humanity. When 1t was
learned that he was to arrive he was met at
the depot by number of citizens, and urged
to return to his home at Paducah, as he was
,lnacclimated and would probably take the
fever This he positively refused to do, say
ing that he had come Of Grenada to render all
the aid in his power as physician, and he
intended to perform what he conceived to be
his duty, without regard to personal consid-
erations or consequences His life was the
penalty OF his devotion to the afflicted. When
the list of heroes of the epidemic of 1873 is
completed, the name Of DR.. Voolfolk will ap-
pear high up on tie roll
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-17
DIED.

UNIACKE-On Monday morning. September
1G, 1878, at 10 o'clock, Ellen Uniacke aged years
daughter of VIM. Uniacke and Eliza McGawley
The funeral will take place at 10 o'clock Tues
dav Morning, from No. $50 Canal street. II
BURKE-On Monday, September 16. 1878. at
O'Clock .. M, ISIS Salle Burke.
Her funeral will take place from her late resi-
dence, No. 1877 Jackson street. at o'clock .. m.
on Tuesday. the seventeenth instant. He1
friends, and those of her brother. John s. Burke
are RESPECTFULLY invited to attend.
Belfast Ireland) papers please copy.
OLMSTEAD-On Monday. September 1G. 1878
at .. m, Irving UImSJead, sun Ola
stead, aged 81 years.
Friends of the deceased and of the family are
invited to attend the funeral from his late resi-
dence, No. 1876 Eighth street. This TUESDAY
Evening at 8 o'clock.
ROMAGUERA-Ont the evening of September
16, 1873. at O'Clock. ARtOnia daughter Of Fran
cisco Romaguera and Catherine Fabregas.
The friends Of Francisco Romaguera anC
James Fabregas are respectfully invited to at
tend the funeral which will take place This
Tuesday, Evening, at o'clock. from the resi-
dence No. s3 Union street, between st. Claude
and Ram part without further notice.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-17

stThe PRESIDE Mt and his queer administra-
tive theories did the business" said the Hon
Wayne McVeagh in accounting for the election
in Maine at was because some men who
should be Republi cans went back on Maine, y
that Maine went back on the Republicans
This is very queer language from McVeagh
Indeed we can recall but single precedent
for it-that of the New York Sun In abusing
The men who abandoned Tilden and sub
mitted to the fraudulent Inauguration OF
HAYES